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ĭtă-que ,
I.conj.
II. 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.—
(β). 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.—
B. 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.—
C. 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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