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Opp. alienus, etc., one's own, peculiar, special, characteristic, personal: tempus agendi fuit mihi magis proprium quam ceteris, Cic. Sull. 3, 9: reliquae partes quales propriae sunt hominis, id. Fin. 5, 12, 35: id non proprium senectutis est vitium, sed commune valetudinis, id. Sen. 11, 35: libertatem propriam Romani generis, id. Phil. 3, 11, 29: proprium id Tiberio fuit, Tac. A. 4, 19: ira, personal resentment, id. ib. 2, 55.—As subst.: prō^prĭ-um, i, n. Lit., a possession, property: id est cujusque proprium, quo quisque fruitur atque utitur, Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 2: vivere de proprio, Mart. 12, 78, 2.
Trop., a characteristic mark, a sign, characteristic, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; 2, 5, 17; Caes. B. G. 6, 23.
In partic., peculiar, extraordinary: nisi mihi fortuna proprium consilium extorsisset, Sent. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 35, 1: superbo decreto addidit propriam ignominiam, Liv. 35, 33.
Lasting, constant, permanent, perpetual (class.): illum amatorem tibi proprium futurum in vitā, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 67; Att. ap. Non. 362, 5: nihil in vitā proprium mortali datum esse, Lucil. ib. 362, 15: alicui proprium atque perpetuum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 48: perenne ac proprium manere, id. Red. in Sen. 4, 9: parva munera diutina, locupletia non propria esse consueverunt, Nep. Thras. 4, 2; Hor. S. 2, 6, 5; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 172: deferens uni propriam laurum, id. C. 2, 2, 22; Verg. A. 6, 871: victoriam propriam se eis daturam, lasting, Hirt. B. Afr. 32.—Comp., Ov. M. 12, 284; id. P. 1, 2, 152; Liv. 4, 27, 3. —Hence, adv.: proprĭē. Specially, peculiarly, properly, strictly for one's self (opp. communiter; class.): quod me amas, est tibi commune cum multis: quod tu ipse tam amandus es, id est proprie tuum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 1: promiscue toto (Campo Martio), quam proprie parvā parte frui malletis, for yourselves, individually, separately, id. Agr. 2, 31, 85.
In partic. Particularly, in particular: neque publice neque proprie, Cic. Sest. 16, 37.
Especially, eminently, exclusively: mira sermonis, cujus proprie studiosus fuit, elegantia, Quint. 10, 1, 114; cf. Vell. 2, 9, 2.
Properly, accurately, strictly speaking, in the proper (not tropical) sense: magis proprie nihil possum dicere, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77: illud quidem honestum, quod proprie vereque dicitur, id. Off. 3, 3, 13; Liv. 34, 32; 44, 22: uti verbo proprie, Gell. 9, 1, 8; 2, 6, 5; 7, 11, 2; 16, 5, 1.