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).
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SOON Copy link • SOONIn a short time, brevi tempore, or simply brevi (denoting the short space of time in which anything happens): mox (very soon afterward, immediately after, always supposes a comparison between circumstances or points of time, of which the one follows after the other): jam, more strongly jamjamque (in a moment, represents the time of an action as present, which one indicates as impending): propediem (as soon as possible, tomorrow, denotes a definite point of time up to which anything may happen). Very soon, perbrevi: soon afterward, or thereupon, paullo post or post paullo; brevi postea; non ita multo post; brevi spatio interjecto: I will soon be here, jam hic adero. Quickly, immediately, celeriter: cito [Vid: IMMEDIATELY]. As soon as, statim; post (e.g., Germani statim e somno lavantur, as soon as they get up): as soon as Veii was taken, post Veios captos; or by an ablative; e.g., alicujus adventu, discessu, as soon as one had come, gone; solis occasu, as soon as the sun had set. At an early period, mature: mane (early in the morning). Too soon, ante tempus; mature or maturius (Vid: Bremi, Suet., Caes., 26): to do anything soon, maturare aliquid facere: as soon as, simul ac or (when a vowel follows) simul atque: as soon as possible, simul; simul ut; ut primum; cum primum; cum maturrime: as soon as I came to Rome after your departure, ut primum a tuo digresso Romam veni: as soon as the meeting was over, ambassadors were sent, ab illa concione legati missi sunt. Easily, facile: facili negotio. It is soon said, proclive dictu est (Cic., Off., 2, 60, 69).