paene Adv.

Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch:

paene (pēne), Adverb

I)beinahe, fast, so gut wie, sozusagenTer.Cic.und andere

verstärkend

paene vixdumSuet.

steigernd

quam paeneVerg.Ov.

II)gänzlich, ganz und gar, förmlich

non paene sum deceptusPlanc. in Cic. ep.

Superlativ: paenissimePlaut.Apul.

Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary:

paene, (not pēne), adverb, nearly, almost, as I may say

duo maria paene coniungereCic.

hostes victiSall.

senex paene agrestisCic.

non solum . . . sed paene etiamCaes.

Quam paene furvae regna Proserpinae . . . vidimusHor.

divini paene est viriCic.

ipsa paene insulaCic.

adulescens, paene potius puerCic.

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