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Italian
Etymology
From Latin apud with the confluence of ad post.
Pronunciation
Preposition
appo (obsolete)
- at, nearby
- Synonyms: accanto, presso
- Antonyms: distante da, lontano da, (literary) (di) lungi da
1818–1836, Giacomo Leopardi, “XXII — Le ricordanze”, in Canti, lines 14–15; republished as Alessandro Donati, editor, Bari: publ. Laterza, 1917:E la lucciola errava appo le siepi- And the firefly was wandering nearby the hedges
- denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group; among
1350s, anonymous author, “Prologo e primo capitolo [Preface and first chapter]”, in Cronica [Chronicle] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:Livro non ne facevano, ché lettera non se trovava appo li Grieci.- No books were made, because there were no letters among the Greeks.
- (figurative) in someone's regard
- Synonym: (rare) presso
1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 133–135; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Taïde è, la puttana che rispuose
al drudo suo quando disse "Ho io grazie
grandi apo te?": "Anzi maravigliose!".- It is Thais the harlot, who replied to her paramour, when he said, 'Have I great gratitude from you?'--'Nay, marvellous'
1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Proemio”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, volume 1, Bari: Laterza, 1927:quantunque appo coloro che discreti erano ed alla cui notizia pervenne io ne fossi lodato e da molto piú reputato- Whereby, among people of discernment to whose knowledge it had come, I had much praise and high esteem,
- (figurative) before; in comparison to
- Synonyms: davanti, (literary) dinanzi
1575, Torquato Tasso, “Canto 1”, in Gerusalemme liberata, stanza 52; republished as La Gerusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso, Paris: Agostino Delalain; Pietro Durand; Gio. Claudio Molini, 1771:Taccia Argo i Mini, e taccia Artù que’ suoi
Erranti, che di sogni empion le carte:
Ch’ogni antica memoria appo costoro
Perde: or qual duce fia degno di loro?- Let Argo silence the Minyans, and let Arthur silence those errants of his, whom fill pages with dreams, for any old memory is lost before them; now, what leader will be worthy of them?
- behind
- Synonyms: alle spalle di, dietro
- Antonyms: davanti, (literary) dinanzi
1812, Annibale Caro, transl., Gli amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe [The Bucolic Loves of Daphnis and Chloe], Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, translation of Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη (Dáphnis kaì Khlóē) by Longus, Ragionamento terzo, page 89:appiattandosi appo una macchia di pruni per non esser veduta, udì tutto che dicevano- having crouched down behind some shrubs so as not to be seen, she heard everything they were saying
- after
- Synonyms: (obsolete) dipoi, dopo
- Antonym: prima di
1723, Anton Maria Salvini, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Gaetano Tartini, Santi Franchi, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, Book Ⅰ, page 9:Men vo alle navi, appo aver fatte in guerra
ben gravi, e dure, e faticose imprese- I return to the ships, after having carried out grave, hard and laborious war endeavours/endeavors