Lemma 1sicut

adverb

as, just as; like; in same way; as if; as it certainly is; as it were

Morphology1 analysis

inv.sicut · regular

Lewis & Short

key · sicutFull entry

sīc-ut, and, adv.

I.as, just as, as.

II.Lit.

A.With a separate clause.

(a).Form sicut.

(b).Form sicuti.

b.Corresp. to ita, itidem, sic.

(a).Form sicut: sicut verbis nuncupavi, ita pro republicā Quiritium. legiones mecum Dis Manibus devoveo, an old formula in.

(b).Form sicuti; infra, B. b.

B.Without a separate verb (so most freq.).

(a).Form sicut: te esse sapientem, nec sicut vulgus, sed ut eruditi solent appellare sapientem: et saep.: Drak. N. cr.

(b).Form sicuti: sicuti te, Lucil. ap.

b.Corresp. to ita, item, sic, etc. (cf. supra, A. b.)

III.In partic.

A.With an accessory idea of cause, inasmuch as, since (perh. only in the two foll. passages): Brix ad loc.

B.Pregn.: sicut est, erat, etc., in confirmation of a former proposition, as indeed it is (was), as it really is (was), as is (was) the fact class. — Less freq. with other verbs: Beier. — Strengthened by re verā.

C.For introducing a term of comparison, as it were, like, as, as if, = tamquam (class.).

D.For introducing an example, as, as for instance, etc. (class.): sicuti cum, Lucil. ap.: sicuti si, Enn. ap. (Ann. v. 344 Vahl.)

E.Sicut eram, erat, etc., like the Gr., to denote an unchanged condition of the subject in a new state of action, just as I (he, etc.) was (poet. and in post-Aug. prose); so, sicut erat — Less freq. with another verb. — Form sicuti.

IV.A few times in Sallust with an accessory hypothetical signif., as if, just as if, = quasi.

V.Of time, as soon as, after (very rare).