Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

proxime accesserunt

English translation:

They came (the) closest.

Added to glossary by David Wigtil
Mar 3, 2003 13:33
21 yrs ago
Latin term

proxime accesserunt

Non-PRO Latin to English Other
Latin Italy
Proposed translations (English)
5 +6 They came (the) closest.
4 +1 runner-up
4 +1 runner-up

Proposed translations

+6
1 hr
Selected

They came (the) closest.

This looks like a motto, and therefore it offers no contextual clues that might help it be more specific.

PROXIME: closest, nearest (adverb, superlative degree, from the positive-degree adverb/preposition PROPE)

ACCESSERUNT: they approached, they came close, they came up to (verb: third person, plural number, indicative mood, active voice, perfect tense, from the verb ACCEDO, ACCEDERE)

--Loquamur (Ph. D. in ancient Greek, college professor of Latin, Greek, German, French, and Spanish)
Peer comment(s):

agree Giusi Pasi
9 hrs
agree Georgios Paraskevopoulos
17 hrs
agree luskie
23 hrs
agree NormaJean
1 day 7 hrs
agree Estella
1 day 16 hrs
agree Egmont
14 days
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+1
4 mins

runner-up

nearest approach to the best
Peer comment(s):

agree Ino66 (X)
1 hr
Thanks
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+1
5 mins

runner-up

might fit here.

Striaghtforward translation would be: they came close

Serge L.
Peer comment(s):

agree Joseph Brazauskas
31 mins
Thanks Joseph!
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