itaque Latin · revision 17775

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ita, la -que}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪ.ta.kʷɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈiː.ta.kʷe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''itaque''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ita|-que|t1=so, thus|t2=and]], “and so”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Donatus distinguished ⟨ităque⟩ “and so, and in this way”, with a short middle syllable, from the conjunction “therefore”, with a long one.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on: ''ita doluī, itaque ego nunc doleō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Itaque'' expresses a result or inference: “accordingly, therefore, and so”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also resumes after a digression (“well, then”) and is sometimes used for plain ''ita'' “in that manner”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Before Livy it usually stands first in its sentence; after Livy it is usually second.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – First found in Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–AD 17 – After Livy it moves to second place in the sentence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # [[m|en|therefore]], and so, accordingly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Well, then (resuming).^(OLD 2012)

+ # And thus, and in this way.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ita]]

+ * [[-que]]

+ * [[igitur]]

+ * [[ergō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}