Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1753.sīc on page 1753
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sīc so
sīc is a Latin Adverb that primarily means so.
Definitions for sīc
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
so, thus
- 2
most commonly with verbs
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
In the manner being indicated or exemplified, thus, so. (b) in the way that one is (was), just so; ~ sinere or sim., to leave as it is, let be.
- 2
In the manner just specified, thus.
Sentences with sīc
Latin to English
Lībertātem sīc amāvērunt ut numquam ab hostibus vincerentur.Compare They so loved liberty that they were never conquered by the enemy.
Utque viro furtiva Venus, sic grata puellae. Vir male dissimulat; tectius illa cupit.Compare And as stolen love is pleasant to a man, so it is also to a woman; the man dissembles badly; she conceals desire better.
Caedimus inque vicem praebemus crura sagittis. vivitur hoc pacto, sic novimus.Compare We keep smiting by turns and by turns presenting our own legs to the arrow. That is the rule of life; that is the lesson of experience.
Nōs ā scientiā prohibēre vōlent virī līberī; sed tyrannī maximē sīc volunt.Compare Free men will not wish to keep us from knowledge; but tyrants especially so wish.
Beatus quippe vult esse, etiam non sic vivendo ut possit esse. Quid est ista voluntate mendacius? Unde non frustra dici potest omne peccatum est mendacium.Compare Man indeed desires happiness even when he does to live as to make happiness impossible. What could be more of a lie than such a desire? This is the reason why every sin can be called a lie.
Sic enim tu persuadeo, carus tu ego sum.Compare For so persuade yourself, that you are very dear to me.
Sic aliud ex alio numquam desistet oriri vitaque mancipio nulli datur, omnibus usu.Compare So one thing will never cease to arise from another, and no man possesses life in freehold—all as tenants.
Ut prius in bellum pax, sic in pax bellum quaero.Compare As before in time of war he sought peace, so now in time of peace he seeks war
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1753.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "sīc (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/sic.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 197.sīc on page 197
