igitur

Latin

Etymology

• Probably the post-tonic development of *agetor 'it is done' (> agitur) after e.g. quid.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡi.tur/, [ˈɪɡɪt̪ʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.d͡ʒi.tur/, [ˈiːd͡ʒit̪ur]

Conjunction

igitur

1. (postpositive) therefore, then, consequently
   • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 624:

     Eho dīc mihi, quis illic igitur est?

     Hey? Tell me, who is he then?

Usage notes

• While it is a postpositive conjunction, it is attested in the Vulgate to start a sentence.

  405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.2.1:

  Igitur perfectī sunt caelī et terra et omnis ōrnātus eōrum

  Thus were made the heavens, the earth and all there is in them

Synonyms

• proinde

Descendants

• Old French: gieres, giers (?)

References

• “igitur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “igitur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “igitur”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 297