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And so; and thus; and accordingly ••

( = et ita.) And so, and thus, and accordingly: ita dolui, itaque ego nunc doleo, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 45: si cetera ita sunt ut vis, itaque ut esse ego illa existimo, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 28: cum quaestor in Sicilia fuissem, itaque ex ea provincia discessissem, ut, etc., Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1: ita constitui, fortiter esse agendum, itaque feci, id. Clu. 19, 51; id. Deiot. 7, 19: ita nostri acriter in hostes, signo dato, impetum fecerunt, itaque hostes repente celeriterque procurrerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 52: illud tempus exspectandum decreverunt, itaque fecerunt, Nep. Alc. 4, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 10.—

And so; accordingly; therefore •

And so, accordingly, therefore, for that reason, consequently (for syn. cf. igitur, idcirco, ideo, ergo): itaque ipse mea legens, sic adficior interdum, Cic. Lael. 1: itaque rem suscipit et a Sequanis impetrat, Caes. B. G. 1, 9; id. B. C. 2, 7; Tac. Agr. 10.—

Occupying the second or third place in the sentence (very rare, and not before… ••

Occupying the second or third place in the sentence (very rare, and not before the Aug. period): versis itaque subito voluntatibus, Liv. 34, 34 fin.; so, edicimus itaque omnes, id. 3, 20, 4: quaero itaque, Curt. 7, 10, 7; and: nunc itaque, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 10: pro ingenti itaque victoria, Liv. 4, 54, 6; so id. 6, 17, 8; 32, 16, 7.— In the fourth place: omnium sententiis absolutus itaque est, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 43.—

accordingly; in like manner; in this manner •

Adding an example or argument, accordingly, in like manner, in this manner: nihil opus (est philosophum) litteras scire. Itaque, ut majores nostri ab aratro Cincinnatum abduxerunt, etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: principes sunt simplices ... itaque aër et ignis et aqua et terra prima sunt, id. Ac. 1, 7, 26: itaque hoc frequenter dici solet, in like manner, id. Fin. 2, 4, 11.—

and hence therefore; and so for that reason •

Itaque ergo, and hence therefore, and so for that reason: itaque ergo amantur, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 25; Liv. 1, 25, 2 Drak.; 3, 31, 5; 39, 25, 11 al.

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