soon as, as Copy link Outline 1. sĭmul atque, sĭmul ac (or, in one word, simulatque, simulac)2. sĭmul ut (less freq. than preced.)3. sĭmul (= simul atque)4. ut5. ubi6. quum primum7. mox (ubi, ut or quam)8. părĭter ... părĭter9. vix ... quum or et (poet.) • soon as, as: 1. sĭmul atque, sĭmul ac (or, in one word, simulatque, simulac): as s. as Caesar's arrival was ascertained, simul atque de Caesaris adventu cognitum est, Caes. B. G. 5, 3: as s. as Jove's dear spouse perceived plainly her being entangled in such calamity, simulac tali persensit peste teneri cara Jovis conjux, Virg. Aen. 4, 90. Also strengthened with primum (which may be expressed by our ever): as s. as ever an opportunity appeared to him, simulac primum ei occasio visa est, Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 34. 2. sĭmul ut (less freq. than preced.): every animal as s. as it is born begins to love itself, omne animal simul ut ortum est, se ipsum diligit, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33. 3. sĭmul (= simul atque): as s. as the Sabines saw the Roman line forming, they too themselves advance, s. instrui Romanam aciem S. videre, et ipsi procedunt, Liv. 3, 62, ad med. (cf. Taygete simul os terris ostendit honestum, Virg.). Also strengthened with primum: C. Marcius denounced Q. Fabius with impeachment, as s. as ever he retired from office, Q. Fabio, s. primum magistratu abiit, ab C. Marcio dicta dies est, Liv. 6, 1, ad med. 4. ut: the soldiers, as s. as they had halted in line, drove the Atrebates in a mass into the river, milites, ut in acie constiterant, A. in flumen compulerunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 23, init. Also statim ut: I wrote a letter as s. as I had read yours, literas scripsi statim ut tuas legeram, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 3: v. immediately after. Strengthened with primum: as s. as the privilege was given, ut primum potestas data est, Cic. Fam. 10, 13, 1. 5. ubi: like the sun as s. as it issues from the vanquished clouds, ut sol victis ubi nubibus exit, Ov. M. 5, 571: I said, as s. as ever you showed it me, that it was the one (the ring), dixi, ubi mihi ostendisti illico eum esse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 3. Esp. ubi primum: as s. as the enemy beheld our cavalry, they threw our men into disorder, hostes ubi primum nostros conspexerunt, nostros perturbaverunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 12, init. 6. quum primum: as s. as he begins to be sensible, quum primum sapere coepit, Cic. 7. mox (ubi, ut or quam): what if the commons should come in arms, as s. as we fail to be influenced by their secession, quid, si plebs, mox ubi parum secessione moveamur, armata veniat, Liv. 3, 82, post med.: cf. mox ut, Flor. 2, 4, ad init.: so mox quam, Paul. Dig. 8. părĭter ... părĭter: the hero of Calydon as s. as he beheld her longed for her, hanc p. vidit, p. Calydonius heros optavit, Ov. M. 8, 323: I heard of his death as s. as his illness, p. aegrum, p. decessisse cognovi, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, extr. 9. vix ... quum or et (poet.): as s. as he had spoken, by chance a pair of doves came flying in the sky, vix ea fatus erat, geminae quum forte columbae coelo venere volantes, Virg. Aen. 6, 190: cf. ib. 5, 857: Cic.: Caes. (N.B.--Such phrases also as so s. as, no sooner ... than, may be rendered like as s. as.) See also immediately after.