beside (prep.) Copy link Outline I. Near, by, by the side ofII. Over and aboveIII. Not belonging to • beside (prep.): I. Near, by, by the side of: q. v. Phr.: to walk b. any one, alicui latus tegere, Hor.: to sit b. a sick person, aegro assidere, Ov. II. Over and above: v. besides. III. Not belonging to: Phr.: I did not think it b. my object to write this to you, non putavi esse alienum institutis meis haec ad te scribere, Cic.: but whether it was or was not so, is quite b. the point, sed sive fuit sive non fuit, nihil ad rem, Cic.: I am b. myself, non sum apud me, Ter.