sicut

Latin

Etymology

sīc + ut

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.kut/, [ˈsiː.kʊt]

Adverb

sīcut

  1. as, just as, like
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
      Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.
      Many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

Derived terms

Conjunction

sīcut

  1. as, just as, like

References

  • sicut in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sicut in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sicut in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sicut in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • as if the victory were already won: sicut parta iam atque explorata victoria
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