sīc

Regular apocope of sīce, from sī +‎ -ce, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”) and Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- (“demonstrative particle”). See also components for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siːk/, [s̠iːk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sik/, [sik]

Adverb

sīc (not comparable)

1. thus, so, like this, in this way [ quotations ▼]
   1. as stated or as follows, to this effect
   2. (as a correlative to ut, quōmodo etc.)
   3. (with restrictive or conditional force, also with ut or nē)
   4. in such a (good or bad) way, like that, so much

Synonyms

• ita
• hōc modō
• ad hunc modum
• in hunc modum
• adeō
• tam
• tantopere

Derived terms

• sīc quia
• ac sīc
• *eccum sīc

Derived terms

• sīcin(e) (“intensified interrogative sīc”)
• sīcut(i) (“as”)
• sīc trānsit glōria mundī
• sīc semper tyrannīs
• ut sīc dīcam (“so to speak”)