idcirco

Latin

Alternative forms

• iccircō

Etymology

From id (“that”) + circum (“around”).

Adverb

idcircō (not comparable)

1. on that account
2. for this reason, for that reason, for that purpose

   Synonyms: ideō, proptereā

   • 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.

References

• “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