SO Copy link • SOadverb, Referring to a subject already indicated, (a) demonstrative; in this manner, in this degree, sic (in such wise; used only subjectively, or with reference to a fact as conceived in the mind of a speaker, not implying the actual existence of the thing): ita (used subjectively, and also with reference to a fact as actually existing = under these circumstances): tanti (in so high a degree): tam (so very; especially with adjectives, adverbs, and participles, followed by another clause with ut or qui; and with verbs in comparisons, followed by quam, quasi, etc.: sic and ita are more rarely found with adjectives.): adeo (up to that limit; places two things on an equality in point of intensity, etc., followed by ut: adeone esse hominem: infelicem quemquam, ut ego sum! Terentianus): (b) relative; in such manner or degree, ita: sic. It is so, sic est; ita res se habet: it is not so, non ita res se habet; sic res non est; aliter factum ac narras. Referring to something which follows; e.g., Be so good as to come to me, da mihi hoc, ut convenias; me velim convenias: be so good as to pardon him, ea sis liberalitate, ut ei ignoscas: who is so rich as you? quis tantas, quantas tu, habet divitias? (Ov.). Not so... as [Vid: AS]. Copulative; by construction with aeque, ac, or atque: non minus, quam. Conditional; by circumlocution (e.g., quod si feceris, gratum mihi erit, so you will oblige me). Consecutive; ita (= “and so, thus;” e.g., deus vester... expers... virtutis, ita [= and so] ne beatus quidem est, [After detailing the various opinions of philosophers], ita [and so] cogimur dissensione sapientum dominum nostrum ignorare; Pr. Intr., ii., 778, n.): itaque (= and so, accordingly; e.g., itaque rem suscipit, et a Sequanis impetrat). How so? why so? quid ita? (τι δαί; ). Comparative; as... so, ut... ita, or, inverted, ita... ut (sometimes sicut, prout, ut si, quomodo, quo pacto, quemadmodum: sometimes quam, quasi, tamquam, veluti, atque ac): ut... sic; sic... ut (less frequently the correlative to ita is quemadmodum, tamquam, quasi; Pr., Intr., ii. 779, 2): tam... quam (with adjective, etc: nemo tam multa scripsit, quam multa, etc.): adeo (in such a degree; with adjectives, adverbs, and verbs, or absolute; e.g., Terentianus, Andr., 1, 1, 92, unam aspicio vultu adeo modesto, adeo venusto, ut nihil supra; or Cic., Qu., Fr., 1, 2, 5, rempublicam funditus amisimus; adeo, ut Cato adolescens nullius consilii, sed tamen civis Romanus et Cato, vix vivus effugeret). For “so” with an adjective in the positive degree; e.g., so good, so great, etc., the Latin employs a superlative; e.g., so fine a city, urbs pulcherrima; or (adjective) talis, is, hic (of such a quality; of persons and things): tantus (of such quantity; of things only), or (adverb) ita, sic; e.g., itaque et Siciliae amissum et Lacedaemoniorum victorias culpae suae tribuebant, quod talem virum e civitate expulissent (so illustrious or so excellent a man, Nep., Alc., 6, 2): celeri rumore dilato, Dioni vim allatam, multi concurrerant quibus tale facinus displicebat (so atrocious a deed, Nep., Dion, 10, 1): non id tempus esse ut merita tantummodo exsolverentur (not so good, Liv., 2, 29, § 8): jam Latio is status rerum erat, ut (so sad, Liv., 8, 13, § 2): quoniam Ariovistus hanc sibi populoque Romano gratiam referret, ut (was so ungrateful, Caes., B.G., 1, 35): senatus consultum tantam vim habet (is of so little worth, Cic., Fam., 1, 7, 4): Hegesias se ita putat Atticum (so good, Cic., Brut., 83, 286). By circumlocution (e.g., quales pueri, teneris annis assuefacti sumus, tales adulti manemus, so we are in manhood): ☞ “sic,” like our “so,” is sometimes = “such;” “a good man, for so he was,” vir bonus, sic enim fuit. So so = but moderately or indifferently, sic (e.g., Ter., Phorm., 1, 2, 95: Dav. Quid rei gerit? Get. Sic, tenuiter, Ter., Andr., 4, 5, 9: Crit. Quid vos, quo pacto hic? satisne recte? Mys., Nosne? sic, ut quimus, aiunt). So much for today, in hunc diem hactenus; reliqua differamus in crastinum.