idcirco

Latin

Alternative forms

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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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