I.near to, nigh.
I. Adv.
A. Lit., of place.
1. Of several objects, near together, in close proximity: “theatra duo juxta fecit amplissima e ligno,” Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.—
2. In gen., near at hand, near, near by, hard by, close to, by the side of: “legio, quae juxta constiterat,” Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 1: “ut sellam juxta poneret,” Sall. J. 65, 2: “furiarum maxima juxta Accubat,” Verg. A. 6, 605: “forte fuit juxta tumulus,” id. ib. 3, 22: “procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat,” Tac. H. 2, 72: talem perlatum Pompeio juxta res gerenti Mithridatico bello, Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 51: “abjecto clam juxta pugione,” Suet. Ner. 34: “thermisque juxta celeriter constructis,” id. Tit. 7.— “Rarely with verbs of motion: accedere juxta,” Ov. M. 8, 809.—
B. Transf., in like manner, equally, alike (syn.: aeque, pariter).
(α).
Absol.: “eorum ego vitam mortemque juxta aestimo,” Sall. C. 2: “aestatem et hiemem juxta pati,” id. J. 85, 33: “ceteri juxta insontes,” Liv. 24, 5, 13: “qui Argenta habent, aliaque castella juxta ignobilia,” id. 32, 14, 2: “juxta periculosum seu ficta seu vera promeret,” Tac. A. 1, 6: “solo caeloque juxta gravi,” id. H. 5, 7.—
(β).
With dat.: “Fabius omittendam rem parvam ac juxta magnis difficilem censebat,” Liv. 24, 19, 6.—
(γ).
With ac, atque, et, quam, cum, in the sense of as, than (cf.: “aeque ac, pariter ac, etc.): juxta tecum aeque scio,” Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 75: “juxta eam curo cum mea,” id. Trin. 1, 2, 160 (so always in Plaut.; “v. Brix ad loc.): juxta mecum omnes intellegitis,” Sall. C. 58, 5: “absentium bona juxta atque interemptorum divisa fuere,” Liv. 1, 54, 9; 3, 33, 10: “juxta eam rem aegre passi patres, quam cum consulatum vulgari viderent,” i. e. were just as indignant, id. 10, 6, 9: qui me, juxta ac si meus frater esset, sustentavit, just as if, = non secus ac si, Cic. post Red. ap. Sen. 8, 20: “juxta ac si hostes adessent,” Sall. J. 45, 2; Liv. 22, 31, 3: “in re juxta manifesta atque atroci,” id. 3, 33, 10; 24, 5, 13; 21, 33, 4; “5, 6, 5: reipublicae juxta ac sibi consulere,” Sall. C. 37, 8: “litteris Graecis atque Latinis juxta eruditus,” id. J. 95, 3: “juxta bonos et malos interficere,” id. C. 51, 30.—
II. Prep., with acc., very near, close to, near to, hard by (not ante-class.).
A. Lit., of place: “juxta eum castra posuit,” Caes. B. C. 3, 41, 4; 3, 65, 4; 3, 20, 1; Nep. Dat. 1, 1; id. Att. 22 fin.; Quint. 8, 4, 22: “juxta murum castra posuit,” Caes. B. C. 1, 16, 4: “totos dies juxta focum atque ignem agunt,” Tac. G. 17; Col. 4, 8, 2.—Placed after the case: “hanc (aram) juxta,” Nep. Paus. 4, 4: “vicina Ceraunia juxta,” Verg. A. 3, 506: “cubiculum Caesaris juxta,” Tac. A. 13, 15 fin.: “Rhenum juxta,” id. ib. 4, 5: “Tiberim juxta,” id. ib. 2, 41: “Aditum juxta moenia urbis Volsco militi struxit,” Val. Max. 5, 4, 1.—
B. Transf.
1. Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with: “juxta deos in tua manu positum est,” Tac. H. 2, 76: “apud quos juxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur,” Liv. 9, 9, 4: “homo, juxta M. Varronem doctissimus,” Gell. 4, 9: “vilitate juxta beluas esse,” Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 26.—
2. Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as: “velocitas juxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est,” Tac. G. 30: “gravitate annonae juxta seditionem ventum est,” id. A. 6, 13: “juxta seditionem esse,” Sall. H. 3, 67, 11 Dietsch: “populi imperium juxta libertatem,” Tac. A. 6, 42: “sapor juxta fontis dulcissimos,” Sall. H. 4, 13.—
3. Along with, together with: cum interea lucubrando faceret juxta ancillas lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 322: juxta se conjuges vexari, just as: “pariter ac,” Liv. 41, 6: “periculosiores sunt inimicitiae juxta libertatem,” among a free people, Tac. G. 21.—
4. In consequence of, in proportion to (post-class., except one doubtful passage in Liv.): “huic consuetudo juxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit,” Liv. 39, 9, 6 dub. Weissenb. ad loc.: “quem juxta nocturnum visum ergastulo liberavit,” Just. 1, 7, 1: “convivium juxta regiam magnificentiam ludis exornat,” id. 12, 3, 11.—
