īlicō
Meaning
- not comparableon the spot, at hand
- not comparableimmediately, at once
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Repente · Subito · Extemplo · E vestigio · Illico · Statim · Protinus · Confestim · Continuo
Repente and subito denote suddenly; repens means sudden, in opp. to exspectatus, expected, Cic. Tusc. iii. 22; to sensim, Cic. Off. i. 33. Suet. Tib. 11, like ἐξαπίνης; but subitus, in opp. to foreseen, ante provisus, Cic. Tusc. iii. 22; meditatus, Plin. Ep. i. 16; paratus, Cic. Or. i. 33, like παραχρῆμα. Extemplo and e vestigio, in opp. to delay; extemplo (ex tempore) in a moment, with reference to time; e vestigio, on the spot, sur-le-champ, with reference to place. Illico and ilicet, in opp. to slowness; illico (in loco) is used in prose, like παραυτίκα; ilicet, by writers of comedy and poets. Statim and protinus, in opp. to, at a future time; statim, immediately, in opp. to deinde, Tac. Ann. vi. 3; postea, Suet. Cl. 39. A. 51. N. 34, like εὐθύς; protinus, forthwith, like πρόκα. Confestim and continuo, in opp. to ex intervallo, Cic. Inv. ii. 12. (v. 157.)
manete ilico, Caecil. ib. 12; Naev. ib. 7: ilico habitato, Att. ib.: otiose nunc jam ilico hic consiste, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 2 Don.: sta ilico, id. Phorm. 1, 4, 18.—ilico ante ostium hic erimus, Caecil. ib. 3: haec ubi legati pertulere, Amphitruo e castris ilico Producit omnem exercitum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 61; cf. id. Stich. 4, 1, 51; id. Cas. 4, 4, 6: simul atque increpuit suspicio tumultus, artes ilico nostrae conticescunt, Cic. Mur. 10, 22 fin.: sequitur ilico, id. Fat. 12, 28: ilicone ad praetorem ire convenit? id. Quint. 15, 48.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
From in- + locō.