prox.
Writing & Everyday abbreviation · Latin
| Stands for | Proximo mense (next month) |
|---|---|
| Categories | Writing & Everyday |
prox. stands for Proximo mense (next month), a Latin abbreviation.
Indicates a day in the coming month in old-fashioned correspondence and public notices, such as meeting dates announced in advance by clubs, companies and courts.
Example: The annual general meeting will be held on the 3rd prox. at the Corn Exchange at seven o'clock.
Usage notes
Proximo is the ablative of Latin proximus, "nearest, next." Business-writing manuals of the early 20th century already criticized inst., ult. and prox. as stilted commercial jargon. Readers of Victorian novels and newspapers still meet it in notices of sales, sailings and auctions.
Related abbreviations
More Latin abbreviations
- p.m. – Post meridiem (after midday)
- p.p. – Per procurationem (by agency, on behalf of)
- P.P.S. – Post-post-scriptum (a second postscript)
- P.S. – Post scriptum (postscript)
- pinx. – Pinxit (painted it)
- pro tem. – Pro tempore (for the time being)
- q.v. – Quod vide (which see)
- QED – Quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated)
- R.I.P. – Requiescat in pace (may he or she rest in peace)
- re – In re (in the matter of, regarding)
- s.l. – Sine loco (without place)
- s.n. – Sine nomine (without name)