adverb
ita
ita (not comparable)
Classical[ˈɪ.ta]Ecclesiastical[ˈiː.ta]
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Meaning
- not comparableso
Ita mē terrēs.
"You scare me so." - not comparable[with subjunctive and ut (often omitted with its subordinate clause)]
[Agorastocles] Ita me di ament, tardo amico nihil est quicquam inaequius, praesertim homini amanti, qui quidquid agit properat omnia. Sicut ego hos duco advocatos, homines spissigradissimos,
[Agorastocles] May gods so love me, nothing is more unfair than having a slothful friend, even more so for a man in love, who in doing anything must all expedite. So I lead them, having called them forth, the most slow-paced men of them all, slower than freight ships [corbitae] upon a quiet sea.c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 3.1.1–4Nam ita mihi salva re publica vobiscum perfrui liceat, ut ego, quod in hac causa vehementior sum, non atrocitate animi moveor (quis enim est me mitior?), sed singulari quadam humanitate et misericordia.
63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes IV.XI - not comparableyes
- not comparablethus
Hac de re antiqviſſimus & fide dignus Author ARIUS POLYHISTOR ita ſcribit: Tum temporis hic erant homines chriſtiani, qvos Nordmanni Papas vocant; qvi, qvod vivere hic cum ethnicis nollent, alio migrarunt.
Concerning this matter, the most ancient and trustworthy author, Ari the Wise, writes thus: "At that time there were Christian men here, whom the Northmen call Papas; who, because they did not wish to live here with heathens, departed elsewhere."1772, Finnur Jónsson, chapter 1, in Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ [The Ecclesiastical History of Iceland], volume 1, Copenhagen: Orphanotrophius Regii, section 3, page 2: - not comparablesuch
- not comparabletherefore
- not comparablein this way, in this manner, in such a way, in such a manner, as has been said
- interrogativenot comparableitane: is it so?, or, is it not so?; really?
PAMPHILUS: Itan crēdis? DĀVUS: Haud dubium id quidem est. PAMPHILUS: Do you really believe that? DAVUS: There’s no doubt about it. (“itan” is a contraction of itane: ita plus the enclitic interrogative particle -ne)
166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 399
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ita res est
- it is so.
- ut ita dicam
- so to speak (used to modify a figurative expression).
- res (ita) fert
- circumstances make this necessary; the exigencies of the case are these.
- quae cum ita sint
- under such circumstances.
- ita fert consuetudo
- so custom, fashion prescribes.
- ita prorsus existimo
- that is exactly what I think.
- ita animo affectum esse
- to be so disposed.
- res ita (aliter) se habet
- the matter stands so (otherwise).
8 more phrases
- velim tibi ita persuadeas
- convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point.
- meae rationes ita tulerunt
- my interests demanded it.
- tempus (ita) fert (not secum)
- circumstances demand.
- res ita est, ita (sic) se habet
- the facts are these; the matter stands thus.
- ut fit, ita ut fit, ut fere fit
- as usually happens.
- ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
- this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us.
- ut sementem feceris, ita metes (proverb.) (De Or. 2. 65)
- as you sow, so will you reap.
- iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
- anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge.
ĭta, adv. pronom. stem i-; cf. is; Sanscr. itthā; Zend, itha, in the manner specified,
I. in this manner, in this wise, in such a way, so, thus.
I. In gen.
A. Referring to what precedes, as has been said, thus, so:
des operam ut investiges sitne ita, Cic. Att. 12, 17: vidi ego nequam homines, verum te nullum deteriorem. Phil. Ita sum, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 60: ita aiunt, Ter. And. 1, 2, 21; 3, 3, 18; id. Ad. 5, 5, 7: et hercule ita fecit, Cic. Cael. 11, 37: factum est ita, id. Att. 7, 8, 4: aiunt enim te ita dictitare, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 151; frequent in phrase: quae cum ita sint, since what has been said is true, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 init.; so, quod cum ita sit, id. Caecin. 12, 33: quae cum ita essent, id. Clu. 34, 94 fin. — B. To introduce the thought which follows, thus, in the following manner, as follows, in this way:
in tertio de oratore ita scriptum est, in perpetua, etc., Quint. 9, 1, 25: haec ita digerunt: primum ... secundum, etc., id. 11, 2, 20: ita sciunt procuratores ... nullius apud te auctoritatem valere plus quam meam, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 4; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 41: ita constitui, fortiter esse agendum, id. Clu. 19, 51. — C. In affirmations, esp. in replies, yes, it is so, just so, true: quid istic tibi negoti est? Dav. Mihin'? Si. Ita, Ter. And. 5, 2, 8:
an laudationes? ita, inquit Antonius, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44: Davusne? ita, Hor. S. 2, 7, 2; so in solemn affirmation: est ita: est, judices, ita, ut dicitur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117: et certe ita est, id. Att. 9, 13, 2: ita est, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 51; Ter. And. 1, 1, 27; and in negations: non est ita, Cic. Off. 1, 44, § 158; strengthened by other particles of affirmation: as vero, profecto, prorsus, plane; ita vero, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 37: ita profecto, id. Am. 1, 1, 214: non est profecto ita, judices, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 121: ita prorsus, id. Tusc. 2, 27, 67: prorsus ita, id. Leg. 3, 12, 26: ita plane, id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13; id. Ac. 2, 35, 113.— D. In interrogations, esp.
a. Jeeringly, implying an affirmative, = ἄληθες: itane? really? truly? is it so? itane credis? Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; id. Eun. 5, 8, 28; Cic. Div. 2, 40, 83:
itane est? id. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; so with vero or tandem: itane vero? ego non justus? Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77; id. Div. 1, 13, 23: itane tandem? id. Clu. 65, 182. — b. Where surprise or reproach is implied: quid ita? (Gr. τι δαί), why so? how is that? what do you mean? accusatis Sex. Roscium. Quid ita? Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; id. N. D. 1, 35, 99; id. Off. 2, 23, 83:
quid ita passus est Eretriam capi? quid ita tot Thessaliae urbes? Quid ita, etc., Liv. 32, 21, 13; 27, 34, 13; Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 42.II. In partic.
A. In comparisons, so.
1. To point out the resemblance, usually corresponding to ut; sometimes to quasi, quomodo, quemadmodum, quam, tamquam, veluti, qualis, etc., as, like, in the same way as:
non ita amo ut sani solent homines, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 38: ita ut res sese habet, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 24: ita vero, Quirites, ut precamini, eveniat, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10: omnis enim pecunia ita tractatur, ut praeda, a praefectis, id. Fam. 2, 17, 7: an ita tu's animata, ut qui expers matris imperiis sies? Plaut. As. 3, 1, 2: ut homost, ita morem geras, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77: ut hirundines ... ita falsi amici, etc., Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61: tametsi ita de meo facto loquor, quasi ego illud mea voluntate fecerim, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 29: sed prorsus ita, quasi aut reus numquam esset futurus, aut, etc., id. ib. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 9, 4, 87: me consulem ita fecistis, quomodo pauci facti sunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 92: quemadmodum dicimus non feci furtum, ita, non est hoc furtum, Quint. 7, 3, 1: non ita variant undae ... quam facile mutantur amantes, Prop. 3, 5, 11: castra in hostico incuriose ita posita, tamquam procul abesset hostis, Liv. 8, 38, 2: neque enim ita se gessit tamquam rationem aliquando esset redditurus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49: Alexander ita cupide profectus fuerat, veluti, etc., Just. 12, 2, 1: sane ita se habet sacrum, quale apud Homerum quoque est, Quint. 1, 5, 67.— 2. Following or followed by ut, to denote that two things are in the same condition or category.
(a). Ut ... ita, as ... so, just as ... so also, alike ... and, as well ... as: Dolabellam ut Tarsenses, ita Laodiceni multo amentiores ultro arcessierunt, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 10:
Hercules cum ut Eurysthei filios, ita suos configebat sagittis, Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89; id. Leg. 2, 2, 5. — (b). Ut ... ita, although ... yet:
ut errare potuisti, sic decipi te non potuisse quis non videt? Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 2: haec omnia ut invitis, ita non adversantibus patriciis transacta, Liv. 3, 55, 15; cf.; pleraque Alpium sicut breviora ita arrectiora sunt, id. 21, 35, 11. — (g). Ita ut, just as:
ita ut occoepi dicere, Plaut. Poen. 2, 24; id. Trin. 4, 2, 52: ita ut antea demonstravimus, Caes. B. G. 7, 76; Cato, R. R. 144, 2.— 3. In oaths, emphatic wishes, solemn assertions, etc., expressed by a comparison:
ita ille faxit Juppiter, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 51: ita me di ament, non nil timeo, i.e. may they so love me as it is true that, etc., Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 1; 3, 2, 21: ita sim felix, Prop. 1, 7, 3: sollicitat, ita vivam, me tua valetudo, Cic. Fam. 16, 20, 1; Verg. A. 9, 208; so, followed by ut, with indic.: ita mihi salvā re publicā vobiscum perfrui liceat, ut ego non moveor, etc., Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11: ita me Venus amet, ut ego te numquam sinam, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 52: ita me amabit sancta Saturitas, itaque suo me condecoret cognomine, ut ego vidi, id. Capt. 4, 2, 97; by ut, with subj., adding a second wish: nam tecum esse, ita mihi omnia quae opto contingant, ut vehementer velim, Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1; for which the abl. absol.: ita incolumi Caesare moriar, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 3; for the subj. with ita, the fut. indic.: ita te amabit Juppiter, ut tu nescis? Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 31; id. Merc. 4, 4, 22.— B. To denote a kind or quality, so, such, of this nature, of this kind:
nam ita est ingenium muliebre, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 3: ita est amor: balista ut jacitur, id. Trin. 3, 2, 42: ita sunt res nostrae, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 8: ita sunt Persarum mores, Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 25: si ita sum, non tam est admirandum regem esse me, Cic. Sull. 7, 22; id. Dom. 27, 71: ita inquam = hoc dico, id. Phil. 14, 5, 12.— C. To denote an expected or natural consequence, so, thus, accordingly, under these circumstances, in this manner, therefore:
ita praetorium missum, Liv. 21, 54, 3: ita Jovis illud sacerdotium per hanc rationem Theomnasto datur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51 fin.; esp.: ita fit, thus it comes to pass, hence it follows: ita fit ut animus de se ipse tum judicet, cum id ipsum, quo judicatur, aegrotet, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 1; id. Off. 1, 28, 101; 1, 45, 160: ita fit ut deus ille nusquam prorsus appareat, id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; id. Leg. 1, 15, 42; so in an inference, therefore: et deus vester nihil agens; expers virtutis igitur; ita ne beatus quidem, id. N. D. 1, 40, 110; Suet. Caes. 60; so, itaque (= et ita), crassum (caelum) Thebis, itaque pingues Thebani, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. N. D. 3, 17, 44.—D. Introducing a limitation or restriction, on the condition, on the assumption, in so far, to such an extent, only in so far, etc., commonly followed by ut:
et tamen ita probanda est mansuetudo, ut adhibeatur rei publicae causa severitas, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88: pax ita convenerat, ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius Albula finis esset, Liv. 1, 3; 24, 29 fin.: sed ante omnia ita vos irae indulgere oportet, ut potiorem irā salutem habeatis, id. 23, 3; so with tamen: longiorem dicturis periodum colligendus est spiritus, ita tamen ut id neque diu neque cum sono faciamus, Quint. 11, 3, 53: haec ita praetereamus, ut tamen intuentes ac respectantes relinquamus, Cic. Sest. 5, 13. — E. To denote degree, so, to such a degree, so very, so much:
quod quid ita placuerit iis, non video, Quint. 9, 4, 10: hoc tibi ita mando, ut dubitem an etiam te rogem, ut pugnes ne intercaletur, Cic. Att. 5, 9, 2: ita fugavit Samnites, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 36; esp. with adjj.: judices ita fortes tamen fuerunt, ut ... vel perire maluerint, quam, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5: ita sordidus ut se Non umquam servo melius vestiret, Hor. S. 1, 1, 96: ita sunt omnia debilitata, Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2; so with negatives: non (haud, nec, etc.) ita, not very, not especially: non ita magna mercede, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 3: non ita lato interjecto mari, id. Or. 8, 25: non ita antiqua, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109: accessione utuntur non ita probabili, id. Fin. 2, 13, 42: haec nunc enucleare non ita necesse est, id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23: non ita multum provectus, id. Phil. 1, 3, 7: post, neque ita multo, Nep. Cim. 3, 4; id. Pel. 2, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ita adv.
2 I-.
I. I. In gen., referring to what precedes, in this manner, in this wise, in such a way, so, thus, accordingly, as has been said: des operam ut investiges sitne ita: Ita aiunt, T.: his rebus ita actis, S.: factum est ita: ita digerit omina Calchas, such is his interpretation, V.: quae cum ita sint, and since this is so, and accordingly: quod cum ita sit.—Referring to what follows, thus, in the following manner, as follows, in this way: ita censes; publicandas pecunias, etc., S.: is ita cum Caesare egit; si, etc., Cs.: ita constitui, fortiter esse agendum.—In affirmation, yes, it is so, just so, true: quid istic tibi negotist? Dav. mihin'? Si. Ita, T.: an laudationes? ita, inquit Antonius: Davusne? ita, H.: itast, T.: non est ita: ita prorsus: ita plane.—In interrogations, expecting an affirmative answer: itane? really? truly? is it so?: Itan credis? T.: itane est?: itane tandem?—In the phrase, quid ita? implying reproach or surprise, why so? how is that? what do you mean?: accusatis Sex. Roscium. quid ita?: quid ita passus est Eretriam capi? L.—
II. II. Esp., in comparisons, so, thus, just, in the same way: ita ut res sese habet, T.: ita vero, Quirites, ut precamini, eveniat: ut homo est, ita morem geras, T.: ita loquor, quasi ego fecerim, etc.: me consulem ita fecistis, quo modo pauci facti sunt: castra ita posita, tamquam procul abesset hostis, L.—Correl. with ut, in parallel clauses: in pace ita ut in bello, alike in peace, etc., S.: ut Eurysthei filios, ita suos configebat, his own, as well as, etc.—In oaths or emphatic wishes, so, if it be true: Ita me di ament, non nil timeo, i. e. so help me, T.: sollicitat, ita vivam, me tua valetudo: ita me referat tibi Iuppiter, V.: tecum esse, ita mihi omnia quae opto contingant, ut vehementer velim.—
III. III. Praegn., of kind or quality, so, such, of this nature, of this kind: ita sunt res nostrae: ita inquam (i. e. hoc dico).—Of a natural consequence or inference, so, thus, accordingly, under these circumstances, in this manner, therefore: ita sine periculo, etc., Cs.: ita praetorium missum, L.: ita Iovis illud sacerdotium per hanc rationem Theomnasto datur: ita fit ut animus iudicet, etc., thus it comes to pass: ita fit ut deus ille nusquam prorsus appareat, hence it follows.—In restriction, on the condition, on the assumption, in so far, to such an extent, only in so far: haec ita administrabat, ut, etc., Cs.: cuius ingenium ita laudo, ut non pertimescam: pax ita convenerat, ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius finis esset, L.: ita admissi captivi, ne tamen iis senatus daretur, L.—Of degree, so, to such a degree, so very, so much: ita fugavit Samnites, ut, etc., L.: iudices ita fortes tamen fuerunt, ut . . . vel perire maluerint, quam, etc.: ita acriter . . . itaque repente, Cs. —With negatives, not very, not especially: non ita magnus numerus, Cs.: non ita lato interiecto mari: accessione utuntur non ita probabili: post, neque ita multo, N.
Origins
May be derived from Proto-Indo-European *éy and *só. Compare item.
Descendants
- Romanianda