Lemma 1sīc,sĕic
adverb
Morphology
inv.sic · regular
Lewis & Short
sīc, [for si - ce; si, locat. form of stem sa- = , or, and demonstr. -ce; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 777]so, thus, in this or that manner, in such a manner, in the same way or manner, in like manner, likewise, to this or that extent or degree, to such a degree, in this or that state or condition, in such a condition ( ita); sic refers, I. To a previous fact, description, or assumption. — II. To a subsequent independent sentence, = thus, as follows. — III. As a local demonstrative, referring to something done or pointed out by the speaker, = thus, as I do it; thus, as you see, — IV. As a correlative, preceding or following clauses introduced by conjunctions. — In certain idiomatic connections.
Referring to something said before, = hoc modo: sic ille annus duo firmamenta rei publicae evertit, so, in the manner mentioned — Often sic does not qualify the main predicate, but a participle or adjective referring to it.
In a parenthet. clause (= ita)
Referring not to the predicate, but to some intermediate term understood = ita.
As completing object, = hoc.
Predicatively with esse (appellari, videri, ), in the sense of talis: sic sum.
Rarely as subject (mostly representing a subject-clause): Pe. Quid? Concidit? Mi. Sic suspicio est (= eam concidisse).
To express relations other than manner (rare).
Of consequence; un der these circumstances, accordingly, hence.
Of condition; on this condition, if this be done, : displiceas aliis: (3, 16), 12: (for sic as antecedent of si, , IV. 5).
Of intensity.
Referring to a subsequent sentence, thus, as follows, in the following manner (= hoc modo, hoc pacto, hujusmodi, ad hunc modum): hunc inter pugnas Servilius sic compellat, , Enn. (Ann. 256 Vahl.): dub.: sic enim dixisti.
, with ellipsis of predicate. — Sometimes sic introduces detached words: sic loqui nosse, judicasse vetant, novisse jubent et judicavisse (=they forbid to say nosse, ).
For instance (= hoc modo, hoc pacto, ut hoc, verbi gratiā, ut si; ).
As a local demonstrative, thus, so, ; : (3, 18), 7 — accompanied with a corresponding gesture: Pe. Quid si curram? Tr. Censeo. Pe. An sic potius placide? (the speaker imitating the motion). — Referring to an act just performed by the speaker. — with a comp.-clause expressed; ( IV. 1. ).
As correlative, with, 1. A comparative clause (sic far more frequent than ita); 2. A contrasted clause, mostly with ut; 3. A modal clause, with ut (ita more than sic); 4. A clause expressing intensity, introduced by ut; 5. A conditional clause (rare; ita more ); 6. With a reason, introduced by quia ( and very rare); 7. With an clause; 8. With ut, expressing purpose or result.
With clauses, usu. introduced by ut, but also by quemadmodum (very ), sicut, velut, tamquam, quasi, quomodo, quam (rare and ), ceu (rare; and ), quantus (rare and ), qualis ( and rare).
With ut — in the formula ut quisque. sic (more ita), rendered by according as, or the more. the.
With quemadmodum: quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere, sic orator, nisi multitudine audiente, eloquens esse non potest; (bis).
With sicut.
With velut — With tamquam — With quasi — With quomodo: (30), 4 — With ceu. — With quam. — With quantus: (3, 6), 5 — With qualis. — Without a correlative particle, in an independent sentence.
In contrasted clauses, mostly with ut, which may generally be rendered while: ut ad bella suscipienda Gallorum acer ac promptus est animus, sic mollis ad calamitates perferendas mens eorum est (almost = etsi ad bella suscipienda. tamen mollis est, , while, ): a ceteris oblectationibus ut deseror, sic litteris sustentor et recreor, while I am deserted, I am sustained, — two members of the same sentence are coordinated by ut. sic (ita) with almost the same force as a co-ordination by cum. tum, or by sed — In this use etiam or quoque is sometimes joined with sic (never by Cic. with ita). — More rarely with quem ad modum, quomodo.
With a clause of manner introduced by ut = so that — Sometimes the correlative clause is restrictive, and sic = but so, yet so, only so; (ita is more in this sense).
With a clause expressing intensity (so both with adjj. and verbs; but far less than ita, tam, adeo), to such a degree, so, so far,
Rarely conditional clauses have the antecedent sic.
and in prose, to represent the result of the condition as sure: (3, 6), 20.
Denoting with the proviso that, but only if (usu. ita).
Sic quia = idcirco quia (very rare): Th. Quid vos? Insanin' estis? Tr. Quīdum? Th. Sic quia foris ambulatis.
With clause () — , after sic habeto (habe, habeas) = scito (only Ciceron.)
With ut, expressing purpose or result.
Idiomatic usages of sic.
In a wish, expressed as a conclusion after an imperative (): dic mihi de nostrā quae sentis vera puellā. — The imperative may follow the clause with sic.
Sic (like ita) with ut in strong asseveration ()
In a demonstrative temporal force, like the , so, as the matter stands now, as it now is, as it then was,
: Pe. Pol tibi istuc credo nomen actutum fore. Tr. Dum interea sic sit, istuc actutum sino, provided it be as it is. — , with sine and : Ritschl, Fleck. (Brix omits sic): nec sic de nihilo fulminis ira cadit (= without cause), (3, 8), 52: mirabar hoc si sic abiret, so, without trouble — Hence.
With imperatives, with sine: Quid ego hoc faciam postea? sic sine eumpse, just let him alone, leave him as he is.
Pregn., implying a concession (= ), even as it is now, even without doing so, in spite of it; exhibeas molestiam si quid debeam, qui nunc sic tam es molestus, who art so troublesome even as it is, without my owing you any thing.
Ellipt., referring to something in the mind of the speaker: illa quae aliis sic, aliis secus videntur, to some in one way, to others in another (= aliis aliter): Quid vini absumpsit! Sic hoc dicens, asperum hoc est, aliud lenius, = this wine is so (the speaker not saying what he thinks of it): deinde quod illa (quae ego dixi) sive faceta sunt, sive sic, fiunt narrante te venustissima, or so, or otherwise.
In answers, yes = the French, Italian, and Spanish si (ante - and rare): Ph. Phaniam relictam ais? Ge. Sic: De. Illa maneat? Ch. Sic: Ch. Sicine est sententia? Me. Sic.