ita Latin · revision 17798

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 450 BC, Twelve Tables|origins=itc-pro *i-to-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*i-to-]], built on the pronominal stem of [[is]], as in [[ibi]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The OLD derives it from ⟨*itā⟩ with the final vowel shortened as in [[bene]]; de Vaan objects that [[item]] and [[itidem]] cannot go back to ⟨*itā⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Comparing [[sa|इति|tr=íti|t=in this manner]] and [[lt|ìt|t=just like]], he takes the ending ⟨-ta⟩ as the second element of [[iste]], originally a neuter plural ⟨*teh₂⟩ “those” used as an accusative of extent (“in this respect”, hence “in this way”), so that the adverb would come from the PIE pronouns [[m|ine-pro|*h₁i|t=it]] and [[m|ine-pro|*to-|t=that]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Compare [[xum|itek|t=thus, as said]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in the Twelve Tables;^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Plautus writes ''ut iusseris, mī gnāte, ita fīet'' “as you order, my son, so it shall be”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ita'' means “thus, so, in this way”: with ''ut'' it expresses likeness (''ita … ut'' “in the same way as”), conformity, proportion and contrast, and alone it refers to a manner just described or sums up a narrative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means “in those circumstances, on those terms”, “accordingly, therefore”, and of degree “so (much)” (''nōn ita'' “not very”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ In answers it means “yes, just so” (''ita est'', ''ita vērō''), and ''itane?'' “really? is that so?”;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''quid ita?'' asks “why so?”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''Ut ita dīcam'' “so to speak” apologizes for a bold expression.^(OLD 2012) The final vowel is short, as Servius and Priscian state.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – Used in the Twelve Tables.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''quid ita?'' and ''ita est'' in dialogue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''illa calamitās, sī ita est appellanda'', “that disaster, if it should be called so”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|thus]], so, in this way, in such a manner.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''ita … ut'', in the same way as; according as; in proportion as.^(OLD 2012)

+ # In those circumstances, on those terms; in that case.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Accordingly, therefore.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # So, to that extent;^(OLD 2012) ''nōn ita'', not very.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(in answers)'' [[m|en|yes]], just so;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''itane?'', really?^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''quid ita?'', why so?^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''ut ita dīcam'', so to speak.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[itaque]]

+ * [[item]]

+ * [[itidem]]

+ * [[itātenus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[is]]

+ * [[sīc]]

+ * [[iste]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}