thus Copy link Outline 1. ĭta (in that way2. sic (in this way3. t. he speaks, talia fatur, Virg. pass. • thus: 1. ĭta (in that way: it refers either to what preced. or foll.): t. it comes to pass that reason rules, passion obeys, i. fit ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 101: he t. treats with Caesar, is i. cum Caesare agit, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: therefore he is devoid of virtue: t. he is not even happy, expers igitur virtutis: i. ne beatus quidem, Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 114: v. so. 2. sic (in this way: often syn. of preced.): L. Tarquinius, for t. he had altered his name, L. Tarquinius, s. enim nomen inflexerat, Cic. Rep. 2, 20: t. he began to speak, ingressus est s. loqui, id. ib. 2, 1: is it t. that thou hast abandoned me? siccine liquisti? Catul. 64, 132. 3. t. he speaks, talia fatur, Virg. pass.: and t., itaque: v. then, therefore: t., ad hunc modum, Caes. B. G. 5, 24: t. much, tantum: t. far, hactenus, Cic.; usque adeo, ib.: sometimes t. = inde, hinc: v. thence, hence: t. they say that Tarquin said that ..., quod Tarquinium dixisse ferunt, se ..., Cic. Am. 15, 53.