The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ap!ra (nt.) [a + p!ra] 1. the near bank of a river J iii.230 (+ ati**a', C. parat"ra' ati**a'). -- 2. (fig.) not the
further shore (of life), the world here, i.e. (opp. p!ra' = Nibb!na) Sn 1129, 1130; Nd2 62; Dh 385 (expld.
as b!hir!ni cha !yatan!ni DhA iv.141). See p!ra & cp. avara.
Ap!ra*eyya
Ap!ra*eyya (adj.) [grd. of paraneti + a˚] that which cannot be achieved, unattainable J vi.36 (=
ap!petabba).
Ap!ruta
Ap!ruta [Sk. ap!v%ta, pp. of ap!purati] open (of a door) Vin i.7 = M i.169 (ap!rut! tesa' Amatassa dv!r!);
D i.136 (= viva&a -- dv!ra DA i.297); J i.264 (˚dv!ra).
Ap!lamba
Ap!lamba ["a Vedic term for the hinder part of a carriage" Morris J P T S. 1886, 128; the "Vedic"
unidentified] a mechanism to stop a chariot, a safe guard "to prevent warriors from falling out" (C.) S i.33
(Mrs Rh. D. trsl. "leaning board"); J vi.252 (v. l. up!˚; Kern trsl. "remhout", i. e. brake).
Ap!hata
Ap!hata [pp. of apa + h%] driven off or back, refuted, refused Sn 826 (˚smi' = apas!dite vade SnA 541).
Api
Api (indecl.) [Sk. api & pi; Idg. *epi *pi *opi; cp. Gr. e)/pi on to, o)/pi (o) /piqen behind, o)pi/ssa back =
close at one's heels); Lat. ob. in certain functions; Goth. iftuma. The assimil. form before vowels is
app˚ (= Sk. apy˚). See further details under pi.] both prep. & conj., orig. meaning "close by", then as prep.
"towards, to, on to, on" and as adv. "later, and, moreover". -- 1 (prep. & pref.) (a) prep. c. loc.: api ratte
later on in the night (q. v.) -- (b) pref.: apidh!na putting on to; api)ahati bind on to, apihita (= Gr. e)
piqeto/s, epithet) put on to, (q. v.). -- 2. (conj. & part.). (a) in affirmative sentences meaning primarily
"moreover, further, and then, even": -- (a) (single) prothetic: api dibbesu k!mesu even in heavenly joys Dh
187; ko disv! na pas"deyya api ka*hâbhij!tiko even an unfortunate -- born Sn 563 api yojan!ni gacch!ma,
even for leagues we go Pv iv.107 (= anek!ni yojan!ni pi g. PvA 270. Epithetic (more freq. in the form pi):
muhuttam api even a little while Dh 106, 107; aham api da&&huk!mo I also wish to see Sn 685. Out of
prothetic use (= even = even if) develops the conditional meaning of "if", as in api sakku*emu (and then we
may = if we may) J v.24 (c. = api n!ma sakku*eyy!ma; see further under b app!eva n!ma). -- api -- api in
correlation corresponds to Lat. et -- et Sk ca -- ca, meaning both . . . and, and . . . as well as, & is esp. freq.
in combn. app' ekacce . . . app' ekacce (and) some . . . and others, i. e. some . . . others [not with Kern Toev.
s. v. to appa!], e. g. at D i.118; Th 2, 216; VvA 208, etc. -- app' ekad! "morever once" = sometimes Vin
iv.178; S i.162; iv.111; J i.67; DhA iii.303, etc. -- (b) (in combn with other emphatic or executive particles)
api ca further, and also, moreover D i.96; Miln 25, 47. -- api ca kho moreover, and yet, still, all the same It
89 (+ pana v. l.); Miln 20, 239. -- api ca kho pana all the same, never mind, nevertheless J i.253. -- api ssu
so much so Vin ii.76. -- app' eva n!ma (with pot.) (either) surely, indeed, yes, I reckon, (or) I presume, it is
likely that, perhaps Vin i.16 (surely); ii.85 (id.); cp. pi D i.205 (sve pi upasa'kameyy!ma tomorrow I shall
surely come along), 226 (siy! thus shall it be); M i.460 = It 89 (moreover, indeed); J i.168 (surely) Vin
ii.262 (perhaps) J v.421 (id., piyav!ca' labheyy!ma). -- (b) in interrog. -- dubit. sentences as part. of
interrog. (w. indic. or pot.) corresponding to Lat. nonne, i e. awaiting an affirmative answer ("not, not
then"): api Yasa' kulaputta' passeyya do you not see . . . Vin i.16; api sama*a balivadde addas! have you
not then seen . . . S i.115; api kiñci labh!mase shall we then not get anything? J iii.26; api me pitara'
passatha do you then not see my father? PvA 38. -- Also combd. with other interr. part. e. g. api nu J. ii.415.