idcirco
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From id (“that”) circum (“around”).
Adverb
[edit]idcircō (not comparable)
- on that account
- for this reason, for that reason, for that purpose
- 66 BCE, Cicero, Pro Cluentio LII:
- […] legum denique idcirco omnes servi sumus, ut liberi esse possimus.
- Finally, for this reason we are all slaves of the laws, so that we may be free.
- […] legum denique idcirco omnes servi sumus, ut liberi esse possimus.
References
[edit]- “idcirco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “idcirco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- idcirco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- idcirco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016