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==Semantic evolution==
− As an adverb ''propter'' means “near, close at hand” (''ubi aqua propter siet'' “where there is water near by”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a preposition with the accusative it means “near, close to”, and, from this “because of, on account of”: of the cause of a state of affairs, of a motive, of a person through whom something happens (“thanks to”), of a means, and of a purpose or person for whose sake something is done; it also means “as regards”.^(OLD 2012) It often follows its noun, especially a pronoun (''quem propter'').^(OLD 2012)
+ As an adverb ''propter'' means “near, close at hand” (''ubi aqua propter siet'' “where there is water near by”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a preposition with the accusative it means “near, close to”, hence “because of, on account of”: of the cause of a state of affairs, of a motive, of a person through whom something happens (“thanks to”), of a means, and of a purpose or person for whose sake something is done; it also means “as regards”.^(OLD 2012) It often follows its noun, especially a pronoun (''quem propter'').^(OLD 2012)
In Medieval Latin it marks a purpose, “for, aiming at”, and after verbs of sending “for, to fetch”.^(Niermeyer 1976) It is used in the phrase ''post hoc, ergō propter hoc'' “after this, therefore because of this”.^(Wiktionary)