soon Copy link Outline I. In or after a short time1. brĕvi tempore, or brĕvi absol.2. mox (very s. = directly)3. jam (all but now, in a minute)4. prŏpĕdiem (shortly, q. v.)II. Quickly, speedily, q. v.1. cĭto2. cĕlĕrĭterIII. In good timeIV. PrematurelyV. As s. asVI. As s. as possible • soon: I. In or after a short time: 1. brĕvi tempore, or brĕvi absol.: the commonwealth will by your aid s. recover its own rights, respublica per vos brev. temp. jus suum recuperabit, Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3: he s. subdued everything, b. omnia subegit, Suet. Caes. 34: see also Smith's Lat. Dict. s. brevis (III., 2.). Very s., perbrevi tempore or perbrevi, Cic. 2. mox (very s. = directly): I shall be back s., mox ego huc revertor, Ter.: how s. breakfast has been cooked, quam m. coctum est prandium, Pl. Rud. 2, 3, 12. 3. jam (all but now, in a minute): I'll soon be there, jam adero, Ter. (cf. jam te premet nox, Hor.). Jam jam or jam jamque = possibly s., at any moment: cf. atra silex jam jam lapsura, Virg. Aen. 6, 602: v. momentarily, instantly, immediately. 4. prŏpĕdiem (shortly, q. v.): I shall see you s., propediem te videbo, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 47. II. Quickly, speedily, q. v.: 1. cĭto: since you have said that a man who had not learnt a thing s., could never learn it thoroughly at all, quod eum negasti qui non c. quid didicisset unquam omnino posse perdiscere, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146. 2. cĕlĕrĭter: I will send you a book s., librum tibi c. mittam, Cic. (For to do a thing s., v. to hasten, hurry on.) III. In good time: mātūrē, tempestīvē, tempĕri or tempŏri: v. early, seasonably, opportunely. IV. Prematurely: immātūrē, praemātūrē: v. prematurely: but best expr. by adj. (v. premature). V. As s. as: v. soon as, as. VI. As s. as possible: v. soon as possible, as. Special Phr.: as s. = (a.) as readily, willingly (in this sense in Eng. accompanying would or some other word expressing will), implying regret or preference: I would as s. it had not been done, nollem factum, Ter.: I would as s. die, cupio mori, id.: Cato would as s. be a slave as a soldier, Cato servire quam pugnare mavult, Cic. Att. 7, 15, 2: v. fain, rather, to prefer. (b.) as lief, implying indifference: I would as s. they should be unharmed and go where you bid, nihil moror eos salvos esse et ire quo jubetis, Ant. in Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35: v. lief, indifferent (5. Phr.). (c.) just as little, implying improbability: expr. (1.) by non magis ... quam: Caius would as s. traverse on horseback the bay of Baiae as become emperor, non magis Caium imperaturum quam per Baianum sinum equis discessurum, Suet. Cal. 19, extr. (2.) by ante ... quam (poet.): as s. shall the hart graze aloft in air as his features pass away from this breast, ante leves pascentur in aethere cervi quam nostro illius labatur pectore vultus, Virg. E. 1, 59, and seqq. Miscell.: s. after, mox, Liv.: paulo mox, Plin.: post paulo, Caes., Sall.: brevi postea, Cic.: non multo postea, id.: non ita multo post, Liv.: brevi spatio interjecto, Caes. B. G. 3, 4, init.: very s., opinione citius, Varr.: cf. celerius omnium opinione, Caes. B. G. 2, 3, init.: also expr. by a superl. adv. (v. supr.): to an eager mind no haste is s. enough, animo cupienti nihil satis festinatur, Sall. J. 64, extr.: destined s. (= ere long) to be an old woman and to stoop, anus haud longa curva futura die, Prop. 3, 9, 20 (2, 18, 20).