proximos

proximos is a Latin form of propior, meaning “nearer”. It is the accusative plural masculine superlative adjective or accusative plural masculine adjective or accusative plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of proximus, “nearest, next”.

Found 100 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.64.6: Altera ex parte Gabalos proximosque pagos Arvernorum in Helvios, item Rutenos Cadurcosque ad fines Volcarum Arecomicorum depopulandos mittit.

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 23.6.55: Proximos his limites possident Bactriani, natio antehac bellatrix et potentissima, Persisque semper infesta, antequam circumsitos populos omnes ad dicionem gentilitatemque traheret nominis sui, quam rexere veteribus saeculis etiam Arsaci formidabiles reges.

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.