I.to come near, draw nigh to, to approach.
I. Of place.
a. With ad: “ad summam aquam adpropinquare,” Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: ad portam, Auct. B. Hisp. 3; so id. ib. 2 al.: “ad juga montium adpropinquare,” Liv. 40, 58.—
b. With dat.: “finibus Bellovacorum adpropinquare,” Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.: “munitionibus,” id. ib. 7, 82: “cum ejusmodi locis esset adpropinquatum,” id. B. C. 1, 79 (in id. B. G. 4, 10, and Auct. B. Hisp. 5, the readings vary between the dat. and acc.): “moenibus,” Flor. 1, 13, 8: “castris,” Suet. Galb. 10 fin. al.—Trop.: “illi poena, nobis libertas appropinquat,” Cic. Phil. 4, 4 fin.: “catulus ille, qui jam adpropinquat, ut videat,” is near seeing, will soon see, id. Fin. 3, 14, 48: “Erant centuriones, qui jam primis ordinibus adpropinquarent,” were near obtaining the first rank, Caes. B. G. 5, 44.—
II. Of time: “jamque hiems adpropinquabat,” Caes. B. C. 3, 9: “cum dies comitiorum adpropinquaret,” Liv. 3, 34, 7; 5, 39, 8 al.: “tempus,” Suet. Dom. 14 al.: “tuus adventus adpropinquat,” Cic. Fam. 2, 6: “rei maturitas,” id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 8 al.
