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Meaning of ita | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR A2
[ˈɪ.ta]

Definitions

  1. so
    not-comparable
  2. [with subjunctive and ut (often omitted with its subordinate clause)]
    not-comparable
  3. yes
    not-comparable
  4. thus
    not-comparable
  5. such
    not-comparable
  6. therefore
    not-comparable
  7. in this way, in this manner, in such a way, in such a manner, as has been said
    not-comparable
  8. itane: is it so?, or, is it not so?; really?
    interrogative, not-comparable

Equivalents

English thus

Examples

“Ita mē terrēs.”

"You scare me so."

“[Agorastocles] Ita me di ament, tardo amico nihil est quicquam inaequius, praesertim homini amanti, qui quidquid agit properat omnia. Sicut ego hos duco advocatos, homines spissigradissimos,”

[Agorastocles] May gods so love me, nothing is more unfair than having a slothful friend, even more so for a man in love, who in doing anything must all expedite. So I lead them, having called them forth, the most slow-paced men of them all, slower than freight ships [corbitae] upon a quiet sea.

“Nam ita mihi salva re publica vobiscum perfrui liceat, ut ego, quod in hac causa vehementior sum, non atrocitate animi moveor (quis enim est me mitior?), sed singulari quadam humanitate et misericordia.”

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“Hac de re antiqviſſimus & fide dignus Author ARIUS POLYHISTOR ita ſcribit: Tum temporis hic erant homines chriſtiani, qvos Nordmanni Papas vocant; qvi, qvod vivere hic cum ethnicis nollent, alio migrarunt.”

Concerning this matter, the most ancient and trustworthy author, Ari the Wise, writes thus: "At that time there were Christian men here, whom the Northmen call Papas; who, because they did not wish to live here with heathens, departed elsewhere."

“PAMPHILUS: Itan crēdis? DĀVUS: Haud dubium id quidem est. PAMPHILUS: Do you really believe that? DAVUS: There’s no doubt about it. (“itan” is a contraction of itane: ita plus the enclitic interrogative particle -ne)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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