Apud

Preposition used with Accusative only.
The circumflected accents are used to mark the vowels' length.

Non figurative usage

Space: at, at the house of, by, near

• Fui apud Marcum amicum.

I was at (the house of) [my] friend Marcus.

Figurative usage

Space: before, in the presence (writings / view) of

• apud me  in my opinion
• dicere apud judices  to speak in the presence of the judges