Meaning of item | Babel Free

Definitions

1. just like (in a comparison)
   not-comparable
2. likewise, also, further
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“hegio: Salvē, exoptāte gnāte mī. tyndarus: Hem, quid 'gnāte mī'? Attat, sciō quor tē patrem assimules esse et mē fīlium:”

hegio: Hello, my wished-for son. tyndarus: Huh, what 'my son'? Alas, I know why you act as if you were a father and I your son: because you give me the means to see the light, just like parents do.

“Ita fit ut nōn item in ōrātiōne ut in versū numerus exstet, idque quod numerōsum in ōrātiōne dīcitur nōn semper numerō fīat, sed nōnnunquam aut concinnitāte aut cōnstructiōne verbōrum.”

So it turns out that there isn't a metre in prose just like in verse, and that which in oration is called 'metrical' is not always caused by metre, but also on occasion by the euphony and construction of the words.

“Hōs item ex proximīs prīmī nāvibus cum cōnspēxissent, subsecūtī hostibus appropīnquārunt.”

When the lead [soldiers] from the nearest ships had caught sight of [the Tenth Legion entering the battle], likewise these [men] followed and approached the enemy.

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