procul

est procul in pelago saxum
the rock is far off in the sea

procul : (adv.), far off, at a distance, 2.42; far hence, away, 6.258; from a distance, from far, 10.401; high, aloft, 5.642.

prŏcul, adv. [procello, to drive away], in the distance, at a distance, a great way off, far, afar off, from afar.

• I Lit., of place (class.; cf.: longe, eminus); constr. absol.; with adv. of place; with ab and abl. (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.); with abl. alone: cuja vox sonat procul? Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 18 (113): sequi procul, id. Poen. 3, 3, 6 (620): non jam procul, sed hic praesentes sua templa dii defendunt, Cic. Cat. 2, 13. 29: ubi turrim constitui procul viderunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 30: jubet, ut procul tela coniciant, neu propius accedant, id. ib. 5, 34: procul attendere, Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153: procul e fluctu Trinacria, Verg. A. 3, 554: est procul in pelago saxum, id. ib. 5, 124: procul et e longinquo, Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9: omnibus arbitris procul amotis, Sall. C. 20, 1: procul o, procul este, profani, keep aloof! Verg. A. 6, 258: cui procul astanti, Pettalus irridens dixit, Ov. M. 5, 114; cf.: adstans non procul, Ap. Met. 6, 25, 2.—With other particles of place, as hinc, inde, alicunde, longe, etc.: procul hinc stans, at a distance from this place, Ter. Hec. 607; Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 11 (709): istic procul, id. Mil. 4, 4, 33 (1169): istinc procul, id. Rud. 4, 4, 104 (1148): procul inde, Ov. Am. 3, 14, 18: procul alicunde, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48: procul longe, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 10 (260).— With a or ab, far from, far away from (class.): procul a terrā abripi, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145: esse procul a conspectu, far out of sight, id. Agr. 2, 32, 87: a castris, Caes. B. G. 5, 17: a portā, Liv. 1, 12, 8: ab Ariciā, id. 2, 26, 5: ab hoste, id. 7, 37, 6: a domo, id. 4, 18, 1; 5, 4, 11: a patriā, id. 23, 29, 7; Verg. E. 10, 46: a mari, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: a Pado, id. 3, 17, 21, § 124: a litore, Quint. 12, prooem. § 2: ab ore, id. 11, 3, 96: a fratre, Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 3: a mari, Sen. Q. N. 6, 7 fin.—With simple abl., far from, far away from: patriā procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.): urbe, Ov. P. 1, 5, 73: ripā Tiberis, Liv. 2, 13, 6: oppido, id. 3, 22, 4: moenibus, id. 4, 10, 5: Nomento, id. 4, 22, 2: mari, Liv. 38, 16, 15: haud procul castris, Tac. H. 4, 22: Teutoburgiensi Saltu, id. A. 1, 60: regno, id. ib. 2, 67: non procul Euripidis poëtae sepulcro, Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28: urbe Romā, id. 2, 94, 96, § 209: oppido, id. 3, 3, 4, § 21.—
• II Trop., far, distant, remote; constr, with ab, the abl., or absol.: conscia mihi sum a me culpam hanc esse procul, Ter. Ad. 348: procul ab omni metu, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41: viri, qui sunt procul ab aetatis hujus memoriā, id. Rep. 1, 1, 1: caelestia procul sunt a nostrā cognitione, id. Ac. 1, 4, 15: res procul ab ostentatione positae, Quint. 1, prooem. § 4: quis tam procul a litteris, quin sic incipiat, so unacquainted with letters, so unlettered, id. 7, 1, 46; 8, 3, 23: ab odio, ab irā, id. 6, 2, 14: a sapiente, Sen. Ira, 1, 6, 4: ab omni negotio, id. Brev. Vit. 11, 2: a praesenti modestiā, Tac. A. 12, 6.— With simple abl.: liber invidiā, procul contentionibus, Quint. 12, 11, 7: eam (plebem) procul urbe haberi, out of public affairs, Liv. 4, 58, 12: procul negotiis, Hor. Epod. 2, 1: ambitione, id. S. 1, 6, 52: voluptatibus habere aliquem, to keep one aloof from enjoyments, deprive him of them, Tac. A. 4, 62: tali more, id. ib. 4, 28: procul dubio, without doubt, Quint. 1, 5, 14; 9, 1, 27; Plin. 9, 61, 87, § 184; Liv. 39, 40, 10; Suet. Ner. 3; for which: dubio procul, Flor. 2, 6; Lucr. 1, 812: procul vero est, far from the truth, untrue, Col. 1 praef. fin.—Absol.: assentatio vitiorum adjutrix procul amoveatur, Cic. Lael. 24, 89: homines superbissimi procul errant, err widely, greatly, Sall. J. 85, 38: pauperies immunda domus procul absit, i.e. pauperies domestica procul absit, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199: durabisne procul dominoque legere superstes, Thebai? Stat. Th. 12, 810: non procul est quin, it does not want much of, etc., almost, nearly, Sil. 2, 335: haud procul est quin Romam agnosceret, Liv. 1, 5, 6.—
• • B In partic. (post-Aug. and very rare), in estimation of value, far removed from, much inferior to: aes suo colore pretiosum, procul a Corinthio (est), is far beneath or inferior to, much poorer than, Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 8.

procul, Adv. (aus proculus, einer Ableitung von pro), I) in die Ferne, aus der Ferne u. in der Ferne, fern, weit, von weitem, weit weg, non procul, sed hic, Cic.: haud procul inde, Liv.: procul inde, Mela: procul tela conicere, Caes.: procul attendere, Cic.: procul este, entfernt euch, Verg.: serta procul iacebant, u. procul ramis dependet galea, in einiger Entfernung, Verg.: procul exstructa canistra, in einiger Entfernung, Hor.: auch m. ab u. Abl., procul ab domo, Liv.: procul a castris, Caes.: procul a conspectu, Cic.: patriā procul, Enn. fr.: procul mari, Liv.: procul amne, Curt.: procul urbe, Curt.: haud procul Uticā, Liv.: haud procul muris, Curt.: haud procul Romanis praesidiis, Liv.: procul coetu hominum, Liv. – II) übtr., gleichs. weit weg, weit ab von etw., fern, weit von usw., A) im allg.: homines procul errant, irren sehr, Sall.: quorum causas procul habeo, wozu der Anlaß mir fern liegt, Tac.: istud quidem procul abest, das ist zwar keineswegs der Fall (daran ist zwar kein Gedanke), Curt. – m. Abl., procul dubio, ohne Zweifel, Liv.: dubio procul, Gell.: procul periculo, Liv.: procul ambitione, Hor.: procul ambitione et foro, Liv.: procul vero est, liegt fern von der Wahrheit, Colum.: procul voluptatibus habiti, da sie V. entbehren mußten, Tac.: iamque haud procul seditione res erat, Liv.: animus tanto facinore procul abhorrens, von einer solchen Untat weit entfernt, Curt. – m. ab u. Abl., quis tam procul a litteris, quin sic incipiat, Quint. 7, 1, 46. – haud procul est mit folg. quin u. Konj., es ist (war) nahe daran, daß usw., Liv. 1, 5, 6 u. 5, 12, 7: ebenso haud (nec) procul abest m. folg. quin u. Konj., Liv. 5, 4, 14; 9, 2, 3; 25, 1, 10. – B) insbes.: a) v. Werte, aes procul a Corinthio, ist weit schlechter als usw., Plin. 34, 8. – b) v. der Zeit, durabisne procul? lange, Stat. Theb. 12, 810. – m. Abl., haud procul occasu solis, nicht lange vor U. der S., Liv. 37, 21, 2.

procul [CL] 1 (of spatial relationship) in a position some distance away, far away. b to a position some distance away. ~ul reliquid gregem, ipsa sola venit ad puteum Comm. Cant. I 167; pignora nunc pavidi referunt ululantia nautae, / ‥ auscultare procul, quae latrant inguina circum Aldh. Aen. 95 (Scilla) 11; in insula ‥ quae duobus ferme milibus passuum ab urbe ~ul abest Bede HE III 16 p. 159; ad civitatulam ‥ non ~ul inde sitam Ib. IV 17 p. 245; 774 (12c) juxta occidentalem ripam fluminis illius quod vulgo Lim vocatum est, haut ~ul a loco ubi meatus sui cursum in mare mergit CS 224; Francorum siquidem invincibilis ferocitas finitimos et ~ul positos omnes deterrebat Ord. Vit. IX 14 p. 587; tunc bona fama bonam prope seu procul extulit urbem L. Durh. Dial. I 223; assunt carnes et azima / dies venit, dies tua / procul sint allecia, / dulce canit alleluya Ledrede Carm. 27. 23.  b truculentus superbiae natrix ‥ de latebrosis animae nostrae recessibus ‥ eliminatus ~ul [gl.: longe] divino terrore trudatur Aldh. VirgP 12. 2 (of temporal relationship) at a distant time. s1143 a festo Sancti Michaelis usque ad non ~ul ante Natale Domini Meaux I 126. 3 far (from a condition or situation). nullus tunc predo publicus, nullus latro domesticus, insidiator conjugalis pudoris ~ul W. Malm. GR I 48; omnis ab illo fraus et amaritudo ~ul fuerunt Ord. Vit. V 4 p. 315; ~ul absit a corde meo tanta duricia Ib. 10 p. 383. 4 far (from connection or association with someone or something). homo ~ul ab aulicis misteriis secretus W. Malm. GR V prol.; profectus, ~ul a religione, profanus, execratus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 480. 5 (~ul dubio, sts. as one word) without doubt. Gildas EB 72, Aldh. VirgP 18, 948 (v. dubius 4b); etiam cum interiora appetit, ad haec ~ul dubio minor redit Bede HE II 1 p. 74; sciens ~uldubio quod nihil ei prospere procederet, si illo offenso discedere non timeret Osb. Mir. Dunst. 23; non tantum Limericum, verum etiam Hiberniam totam sibi suisque jam occupare ~uldubio proposuisse Gir. EH II 10 p. 327; s246 quo tempore pestilentia ingens per omnes pene provincias Romani imperii extenditur ob ultionem ~uldubio violati nominis Christiani M. Par. Maj. I 139; Zacharias pontifex expulit de templo regem Oziam thurificantem, ~uldubio eum occidisset nisi cessisset Knighton I 34. 6 (as quasi-prep., also w. acc.) in a position some distance away from, far from. nec procul hos [sic] alii pendent a pollice, plures / a pede L. Durh. Dial. II 319; 12‥ quamdam partem terre que jacet ‥ tam procul quam curtilagium Hugonis f. Matillidis durat prout mete divise dividunt Rec. Eton XXXIII 2.

prŏcul, (7) adv., loin.

I ¶ 1 au loin [mouv^t ] : arbitris procul amotis Sall. C. 20, 1, ayant écarté au loin tout témoin || [fig.] Cic. Læl. 89 ; procul errare Sall. J. 85, 38, errer au loin, faire une grande erreur ¶ 2 de loin : procul tela conjicere Cæs. G. 5, 34, 3, jeter de loin les traits, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 153 ¶ 3 dans un endroit lointain, au loin [sans mouv^t ] : Cic. Cat. 2, 29 ; de Or. 1, 179 || [fig.] aliquid procul habere Tac. Ann. 1, 1, tenir qqch. loin de soi.

II constr., ¶ 1 avec a, ab [pr. et fig.] : procul a terra abripere Cic. de Or. 3, 145, emporter loin de la terre ; esse procul a conspectu Cic. Agr. 2, 87, être loin de la vue ; procul ab omni metu Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, loin de toute crainte ¶ 2 avec abl. [pr. et fig.] : patria procul Enn. d. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1, loin de la patrie ; procul urbe, oppido Ov. P. 1, 5, 73 ; Liv. 3, 22, 4, loin de la ville ; haud procul Scytharum gente Curt. 4, 6, 3, non loin de la nation scythe ; procul negotiis Hor. Epo. 2, 1, loin des affaires ; procul dubio Liv. 39, 40, 10, sans doute ¶ 3 haud procul est, quin Liv. 1, 5, 6, il sʼen faut de peu que, ou haud procul abest quin Liv. 5, 4, 14 ; 25, 1, 10, etc.

procul . adv. et praep.
遠。自遠。— erant a conspectu 遠不可見。— vero vel a vero 離眞遠。— dubio 毫無疑。— errant 彼等大錯。\* — urbem 離城遠。

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procul adv.

• pro+1 CEL-, in the distance, at a distance, away, apart, far, afar off, from afar: Delos, tam procul a nobis posita: non procul, sed hic praesentes (di): ubi turrim constitui procul viderunt, Cs.: in pelago saxum, V.: omnibus arbitris procul amotis, S.: procul este profani, keep aloof!V.: procul hinc stans, T.: a terrā: a conspectu, far out of sight: a patriā, V.: patriā: urbe, O.: locus muro, L.—Of time, far, long before: haud procul occasu solis, L.—Fig., far, distant, remote, away: absentatio procul amoveatur: errare, greatly, S.: Pauperies inmunda domūs procul absit, H.: legatos haud procul afuit quin violarent, they came near outraging, L.: haud procul esse quin Remum agnosceret, almost, L.: procul ab omni metu: eam (plebem) procul urbe haberi, out of public affairs, L.: negotiis, H.: procul dubio, without doubt, L.: istud procul abest, is far from the fact, Cu.