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itidem

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [ˈɪ.tɪ.dẽː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [ˈiː.ti.dem][1]

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]

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