Proximitas, pen. cor. tâtis, f. g. Quint. Nighnesse: the nighest degree of kindred; neighbourhoode.Et lateat vitium proximitate boni.Ouid.And a vice maye be hid with the nigh likenesse of vertue.Meq; ream nimiæ proximitatis agi.Ouid.And that I am accused to be too nighe.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
proxĭmĭtas, ātis, f. [proximus], nearness, vicinity, proximity.I.Lit., Vitr. 2, 9 med.; Ov. de Nuce, 56.—II.Trop.A.Near relationship, Ov. M. 10, 340; 13, 154; Quint. 3, 6, 95.—B.Similarity, resemblance: et lateat vitium proximitate boni, Ov. A. A. 2, 662; Ap. Asclep. p. 79, 2.—C.Connection, union, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 20, 15.