Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

SECOND LATIN
b) Ante, in front of, before) takes the accusative.
ante sacellum, in front of the chapel
ante bellum, before the war
It may be used in the sense of ago.
ante quinquennium, fitle years ago
c) Apud governs the accusative and may signify before, among, at
the house of.
apud gentes, before the nations
apud Romanos, among the RonJans
apud Petrum, at Peter's house
d) Circa, about, around, governs the accusative and may indicate
either time or place.
circa bapisterium, near the baptistery
circa horam nonam, about the ninth hour
It may also be used figuratively.
circa quae loquitur, about whic.h he speaks
e) Circum, about, around, likewise governs the accusative, but refers
only to place.
circum ecclesiam, around the church
circum subditos, to his subjects round about
f) Circiter means about, speaking of time or number.
circiter mediam noctem, about midnight
circiter trecentos homines, about three hundred men
2. 1~he optative subjunctive.
a) This subjunctive is used to express a wish. The present indicates
the wish as possible; the in1perfect, as unaccomplished at the present
nloment; the pluperfect, as unaccomplished in the past. The negative
is nee