appo

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin apud with the confluence of ad post.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈap.po/
  • Rhymes: -appo
  • Hyphenation: àp‧po

Preposition

appo (obsolete)

  1. at, nearby
    Synonyms: accanto, presso
    Antonyms: distante da, lontano da, (literary) (di) lungi da
  2. (figuratively) in someone's regard
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XVIII”, in Inferno, lines 133–135:
      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'
    • 14th century, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Proemio”, in Decameron:
      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, []
    Synonym: (rare) presso
  3. (figuratively) before; in comparison to
    • 1575, Torquato Tasso, “Canto 1”, in Gerusalemme liberata, stanza 52:
      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?
    Synonyms: davanti, (literary) dinanzi
  4. behind
    • 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
    Synonyms: alle spalle di, dietro
    Antonyms: davanti, (literary) dinanzi
  5. after
    • 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
    Synonyms: (obsolete) dipoi, dopo
    Antonym: prima di
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