itidem

Forms

itidem (not comparable)^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin ita (“so, thus”) + -dem, like īdem (“the same”).^[2][1] De Vaan derives it from Proto-Italic *ita-dim; he connects ita with Proto-Italic *i-to- and compares Umbrian itek (“thus, as said”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus, where someone says he is to his father just what a good son should be.^[3][4][2]

Semantic evolution

It is in the same way, just so, often answering ⟨ut⟩ or ⟨quasi⟩: in the Asinaria a lover is, like a fish, no good to a bawd unless fresh.^[2] It also means likewise, also: Plautus has one cook and another flute-girl as well.^[2] A Pompeian inscription uses it with a relative clause.^[2] Church Latin glosses it in like manner.^[5]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, often with ut and quasi.^[2][3][4]

Meanings

Adverb

1. In the same way, just so; with ut or quasi, just as.^[2][6][5][1]
2. Likewise, similarly, also.^[2][1]

Related words

• ita
• item
• īdem

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
6. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press