Lemma 1ăpŭd,ăpŭt
preposition
or aput, at, by, near, among; at the house of; before, in the presence/writings/view ofMorphology
inv.apud · regular
Lewis & Short
ăpŭd, Ritschl, , , on to, unto; , IV.]; gov., with, at, by, near (regularly with words denoting rest, and primarily of persons, while ad properly designates only direction, motion, extension, , and is chiefly used of places; the diff. between apud and penes is given in Paul. ex Müll.: apud et penes in hoc differunt, quod alterum personam cum loco significat, alterum personam et dominium ac potestatem; penes, and : ad ephoros Lacedaemoniorum accessit, penes quos summum imperium erat, atque apud eos ( , I. B. 2. a.) contendit, ; and for the difference between ad and apud, Müll.: apud se longe alid est, neque idem valet ad se: Intro nos vocat ad sese, tenet intus apud se; : ad, prope, coram, inter, in with; rare in early ; very in Plaut., less in Ter., seven times in Verg., five times in Juv., three times in Catull., twice in Ov, and once in Hor. and ; never in Tib. or Pers.; very in Cic., the historians, and the ).
In designating nearness in respect of persons, with, near: apud ipsum adstas, Att. : p. 522, 32: Müll.; so, and.
With a or , apud me, te, se, aliquem, , with me, in my house, , in one's house, at the house of a person; chez moi, chez vous, chez soi, : Müll.; Luc. 11, 37: apud nympham Calypsonem, Liv. And. : Bene vale — Apud me is sometimes added to domi or in aedibus, or interchanges with domi: Me. Ubi namst, quaeso? Ch. Apud me domi — Hence.
: apud se esse, to be at home, to be in one's senses, be one's self, be sane (only in conversational lang.; most in Ter.; vecors, amens esse, to be out of one's wits, beside one's self; , Eur. Or. 1021), and Afran., Com. Rel, p. 170 Rib.: (quasi ob amorem meretricis insanus, Don.): (= ut praeparatus sis, Don.).
In respect of persons, in whose presence or before whom any thing is done or takes place, of discussions or debates in which the persons have the right of decision (Web. Uebungsch. p. 33), before, in the presence of, = coram, ad.
Of civil or military affairs, before; Repulsior secundā collatione dixit Cato in eā, quae est contra Cornelium apud populum, Paul. ex Müll.: apud te cum sim defensurus me; 4, 2: apud proconsules aliquem manumittere, Marcian.
In extra judicial cases, before.
Of one's feelings, views, judgment, with, in the view or sight of, before.
With verbs.
With adjj.
With substt. — Apud animum, apud animum meum, sometimes stand for mihi, mecum, , or simply animo: Ea tute tibi subice et apud animum propone, before your mind, before you, Sulp. — with pers. in after the Greek: haec apud se oravit, within himself, to himself: Sciens apud semet ipsum, in himself, Joan. 6, 62: statui hoc ipsum apud me, ne , with myself, 2; so, hoc cogitet apud se.
And simply before, in the presence of: de vobis glorior apud Macedones; so, and.
Of a person with whom, in whose case something is, exists, is done, with, in the case of, often = in with : De. Quid est? Ch. Itan parvam mihi fidem esse apud te?; so, and; so, and — very rarely with adjj.
Of persons, of inhabitants of cities or countries, among whom one is, or something is, is done or happens, among = inter; Sunt apud infernos tot milia formosarum, and, and B. and K.; 44: apud Graecos magis quam in ceteris nationibus exculta est medicina — of an army, in, with, where in with is commonly used.
In designating the author of a work or of an assertion, apud aliquem, in, by, in the writings of, any one (the work itself being designated by in with ; as, de quā in Catone majore satis multa diximus: ) — Also of speakers.
Est aliquid apud aliquem = est alicui aliquid, apud aliquem being equivalent to of possessor: Phoebo sua semper apud me Munera sunt, Phœbus has his gifts with me, I have his gifts for Phœbus.
Est aliquid apud aliquem also simply denotes that something is in one's hands, in his power, at his disposal — also of persons.
Apud aliquem = alicui, the of indir. obj. — rarely with adjj.; 4, 38: Apud homines hoc impossibile est.
In designations of place.
At, near, about, around, before ( in the histt.) = ad, prope, circum, ante: tibi servi multi apud mensam adstant, Naev. P. (Com. Rel. p. 10 Rib.): apud ignem adsidere, Turp. (Com. Rel. p. 100 Rib.); so, apud forum (: ad forum under ad, I. A. 3., and in Sophocl. Trach. 371, ): Quidam apud forum mihi vendidit, Pomp., Com. Rel. p. 250 Rib.: Ch. Quī scis? By. Apud forum modo e Davo audivi: (Weissenb., in foro).
At, in = in with or or of place: CONSVLES SENATVM CONSOLVERVNT N. OCTOB. APVD AEDEM DVELONAI, S. C. de Bacch. I.; qui mense Aprili apud Baias essent, B. and K.: Roth.
Of time.
With words denoting time or occasion, in, at (rare).
With words designating persons, with, among, in the time of.
For ad with words implying motion (very rare): Müll.: apud legiones venit, Sall. Fragm. Lind.!*? Apud has some peculiarities of position, chiefly in Tac. ( ad, I. b.)
It is sometimes placed after its : Müll.: Lachm.: (in the editt. vary between aerarium apud and apud aerarium; the latter seems preferable, and is adopted by Oudend., Bremi, Baumg.-Crus., and Roth).
It is sometimes placed between the and
Twice in Verg. it stands before the secondary adjunct of its Apud is never found in compound words. V. more on this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 405-416.