sicut

Latin

Etymology

From sīc (“thus, so”) +‎ ut (“how, as”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.kut/, [ˈs̠iːkʊt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.kut/, [ˈsiːkut̪]

Adverb

sīcut (not comparable)

1. as, just as, like

   Synonyms: velut, ut, tamquam, quasi

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎^[1]:

     Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.

     Many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

Derived terms

• si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi

Conjunction

sicut

1. as, just as, like

   Synonym: ut

References

• “sicut”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sicut”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sicut in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sicut in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • as if the victory were already won: sicut parta iam atque explorata victoria