“as” in Latin

(I) (I) as a particle of comparison: ac, atque (after words denoting equality, similarity, etc.: aeque, idem, par, etc.): quam (if exact equality is not meant, but excess or defect. Thus, if a negative precedes aeque, etc., quam must be used, not ac, atque, for the negation destroys the exact equality, Herzog, Caes., B.G., 2, 6): et, ut, and (after idem) ac, atque, et, qui, seldom cum (as in Sall. and Tac.). We can not maintain friendship unless we love our friends as ourselves, amicitiam tueri non possumus, nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus: in what a situation our affairs are, you know as well as I do, quo in loco res nostrae sint, juxta mecum omnes intelligitis: they go away the same men as they came, iidem abeunt, qui venerunt.

After such, so great, so many (talis, tantus, tot), not quam, but qualis, quantus, quot. He is such as he ever was, talis est, qualis semper fuit

In forms of protestation and swearing: “as true as,” ita or sic with the subjunctive followed by ut, with the subjunctive if a wish is to be expressed, the indicative if an assertion is to be made :”as true as I live, I shudder,” etc, ita vivam (or ita deos mihi velim propitios), ut-perhorresco; or (with ita vivam thrown in parenthetically) perhorresco, ita vivam, etc. “As true as I am alive, I should like,” etc., ita vivam (or ita mihi omnia, quae opto, contingant) ut velim, etc.

As (so) well -AS: et-et; tum-tum; cum-tum (with cum-tum, the clause with cum is the more general, that with turn the more special statement). Sometimes ut-sic; uon minus-quam: [tam-quam in this sense does not belong to the Golden Age.]

Not so-as, non tam-quam. The Romans waged some wars not so successfully as bravely, Romani bella quaedam non tam feliciter quam fortiter gesserunt (or Romani bella quaedam fortius quam felicius, or magis fortiter quam feliciter gesserunt). Caius is not so prudent as he ts brave. Caius fortior est quam prudentior (which allows him some prudence: magis fortis est quam prudens, or fortis est quam prudens. The form fortior est quam prudentior is that which belongs tothe best age).

As-so: ut-ita or sic, quemadmodum-eodem modo: quemadmodum-sic; velut-sic or ita.

As MUCH AGAIN, alterum tantum: this is as big again as that, hoc altero tanto majus est.

AS MANY AS (= all who), quoteumque: AS MUCH AS, quantumcumque.

As SOON AS: simul et or ac (atque): simul ut: also simul alone: ut: ut primum: cum primum: ubi (when): postquam (after). All these take the perfect indicative in narrative where we should use the pluperfect; but when repeated actions or continued states are described, the principal verb being in the imperfect, the verb with postquam, etc., may be in the pluperfect: [simulac se remiserat-reperiebatur, Nep.]

As (= as if), AS IF: tamquam. I depart from life as from an inn, ex vita discedo, tamquam ex hospitio. (II) As a particle of explanation.

As if; just as if: tamquam; tamquam si; veluti; haud secus ac si; non aliter quam si (all with subjunctive): the men flocked together as if something of great importance were in hand, tamquam summi momenti res ageretur, ita concurrerunt homines. Sometimes an ablative absolute is used: the enemy pursued as if the victory were already won, hostes insecuti, quasi parta jam victoria.

As if, FORSOOTH; AS IF (ironically): as if, forsooth, I thought this, quasi vero id putem.

To denote a property: tamquam (expressing equality in point of manner anddegree: “as much as;” “as if”): ut (the relation, “as far as”): loco (in the place of): instar (as good as, of equal value or weight with): nomine (under the name of). I love you as a friend, amo te ut amicum (so far as you are my friend): tamquam amicum (as much as a friend; as much as if you were my friend): to be as a son to anybody, filii loco esse alicui: to be to anybody as a father, alicui parentis numero esse. Sometimes other forms must be used; e.g., we must do as physicians do, medicorum ratio, or consuetudo imitanda est. To carry anything off as so much gain, lucri nomine tollere aliquid. Plato is, in my judgment, as good as all of them together, Plato est mihi instar omnium. As with a substantive is here often translated by an adverb or by in modum. To behave as a woman, muliebriter se gerere: to act as a slave, serviliter agere: to obey as slaves, in modum servorum parere: to torture a free citizen as a slave, civem servilem in modum cruciare.

AS; AS BEING. Here the property contains also the ground of the preceding statement, and quippe, quippe qui, utpote qui are used. Quippe is often used with something of irony, and before participles or otherattributives only [Democrito, quippe viro erndito, etc.] : quippe or utpote qui mostly takes subjunctive. [Pract. Intr., ii, 814.] They did not trust their own valor, as being men who had been often routed, non-sua virtute confisi sunt, quippe toties fusi fugatique.

As is often untranslated; e.g., with such verbs as to consider or look upon: as, this must be looked upon as the greatest evil, hoc maximum malum existimandum est: he is looked upon as a very just man, justissimus vir habetur.

As is also untranslated when = in the character of, or when I was. He dedicated, as dictator, the Temple of Salus, which he had vowed when consul, aedem Salutis, quam consul voverat, dictator dedicavit.

As, for instance: ut: velut; veluti Animals which are bom on land; as, for instance, crocodiles, bestiae quae gignuntur in terra, veluti crocodili: even the gods waged wars; as, for instance, with the giants, dii qaoque bella gesserunt, ut cum sigantibus. Somaimes vel is used in this sense: raras tuas quidem sed suaves accipio litteras: vel (as, for instance) quas proxime accepi, quam prudentes, etc. [Pract. Intr., ii, 542.] (III) As a panicle of time.

As = when: cum: ut: ubi. [Ubi marks a point in time from which something began: at, an event which was succeeded by another: cum, the coincidence of two facts, so that either both happen at the same point of time, or a momentaneous action introducedby “as” either happens while another is still going on, or is immediately consequent to it. Vid: Excurs., ii., to Grotefend’s Materials.] Ut and ubi take the indicative (when no other reason requires the subjunctive), mostly the perfect: cum also takes indicative of present and perfect (and also with the imperfect and pluperfect of repeated actions= as often as); but in simple narrative has the subjunctive of imperfect and pluperfect. Very often the verb with “as” is translated by a participle, which will be in ablative absolute when the two propositions have not the same subject.

AS OFTEN AS: quoties: cum with indicative, even of imperfect and pluparfect. [cum quaepiam cohors ex orbe excesserat, hostes velocissime refugiebant, Caes..]

As long as: tam diu -quam or quam diu: usque adeo- quoad: as relat. quamdiu (e.g., tenuit se uno loco quamdiu fuit hiems): quoad (all the time until; as long as).

As = while, dum, or by participle of present.

As soon as. Vid: As (1). (IV) As a causal particle = since; inasmuch as: quoniam (indicative): cum (subjunctive): quando; quaudoquidem (indicative). Vid: SINCE. (V) AS TO; AS CONCERNING; AS TOUCHING, etc.: quod attinet ad: quod: sometimes de: ad. As to the book, which your son gave you, quod ad librum attinet, quem tibi filius dabat. As to retaining our liberty, I agree with you, de liliertate retinenda tibi assentior. As to (or, as far) Pomponia, I would have you write, if you think good, quod ad Pomipeniam, si tibi videtur, scribas velim. As to my Tullia, I agree with you, de Tullia mea tibi assentior. As to your praying that, etc., (nam) quod precatus es, ut, etc.

AS TO, before infinitive after “so,” “such,” ut: after a negative or interrogative sentence, ut, or more commonly qui (with subjunctive). No man is so senseless as to believe this, nemo tam delirius est, ut (or qui) haec credat [quis potest tam aversus a vero esse-qui neget, etc.] . As NOT TO, quin. No food is so hard as not to be digested, etc., nullus cibus tam gravis est, quin is-concoquatur. (VI)

Miscellaneous Phrases with AS. Be it as it may, utcumque res est or erit. As was likely; as was sure to happen: id, quod necesse erat accidere. As people say, ut dicunt, ferunt, or aiunt: ut dicitur, traditur. or fertur. As QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, quam celerrime.