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sīc-ut and (far less. freq. but class.) sīc-ŭti , adv.,
I.so as, just as, as.
I. Lit.
A. With a separate clause.
b. Corresp. to ita, itidem, sic.
(β). Form sicuti: “sicuti ... ita,Caes. B. C. 3, 15; cf. infra, B. b.—
B. Without a separate verb (so most freq.).
(β). Form sicuti: “me amicissime cottidie magis Caesar amplectitur: familiares quidem ejus, sicuti neminem,Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13: sicuti te, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 174, 33.—
II. In partic.
A. With an accessory idea of cause, inasmuch as, since (perh. only in the two foll. passages): “nunc occasio'st faciundi, prius quam in urbem advenerit, sicut cras hic aderit, hodie non venerit,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 87: “quo lubet, sicut soror Ejus huc gemina advenit Ephesum,id. Mil. 4, 1, 28 Brix ad loc.; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 57.—
D. For introducing an example, as, as for instance, etc. (class.): “quibus in causis omnibus, sicut in ipsā M.' Curii ... fuit summa de jure dissensio,Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 238; Nep. Dat. 9: “omnibus periculis, sicut cum Spartam oppugnavit,id. Pel. 4: sicuti cum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 154, 27: sicuti si, Enn. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 5 (Ann. v. 344 Vahl.); Quint. 9, 3, 89; so id. 9, 3, 16; 9, 3, 91; 7, 2, 17; 8, 3, 51; Suet. Aug. 56; 85 al.
E. Sicut eram, erat, etc., like the Gr. ὡς εἰχον, to denote an unchanged condition of the subject in a new state of action, just as I (he, etc.) was (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “sicut eram, fugio sine vestibus,Ov. M. 5, 601; 6, 657: “sicut erat, rectos defert in Tartara currus,Stat. Th. 7, 820; so, sicut erat, id. ib. 3, 680; 4, 803; 10, 37; Luc. 2, 365: “ille, sicut nudatus erat, pervenit ad Graecos,Curt. 9, 7, 10; 10, 4, 2: “sicut erat togatus,Suet. Claud. 34; Just. 14, 4, 1; 26, 2, 4 al.: “sicut erant,Ov. M. 3, 178; Suet. Calig. 45; id. Oth. 8: “sicut erit,Tib. 3, 1, 18.—Less freq. with another verb: “sicut curru eminebat, oculos circumferens,Curt. 4, 14, 9: “praecipitatum in flumen, sicut vestitus advenerat,Suet. Claud. 9.—Form sicuti: “sicuti erat, cruentā veste, in castra pervenit,Curt. 8, 3, 10
F. A few times in Sallust with an accessory hypothetical signif., as if, just as if, = quasi: “alii sicuti populi jura defenderent, pars, etc.,Sall. C. 38, 3: “sicuti jurgio lacessitus foret, in Senatum venit,id. ib. 31, 5: “sicuti audiri a suis aut cerni possent, etc.,id. J. 60, 4: “sicuti salutatum introire ad Ciceronem,id. C. 28, 1.—
G. Of time, as soon as, after (very rare): “sicut adulescit, terram inde colligimus,Pall. Apr. 2, 3.
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