(adverb) : sīc-utand (far less. freq. but class.) sīc-ŭti
* So as, just as, as.
* Lit.
* With a separate clause.
* In partic.
* Without a separate verb (so most freq.).
* A few times in Sallust with an accessory hypothetical signif., as if, just as if, = quasi: alii sicuti populi jura defenderent, pars, etc.,Sall. C. 38, 3: sicuti jurgio lacessitus foret, in Senatum venit,id. ib. 31, 5: sicuti audiri a suis aut cerni possent, etc.,id. J. 60, 4: sicuti salutatum introire ad Ciceronem,id. C. 28, 1.
* Of time, as soon as, after (very rare): sicut adulescit, terram inde colligimus,Pall. Apr. 2, 3.
* Form sicuti: sicuti ... ita,Caes. B. C. 3, 15; cf. infra, B. b.
* Form sicut: sicut fortunatorum memorant insulas (is est ager),Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 148: sicut familiae,id. Men. prol. 74; id. Cas. 2, 6, 46: te esse sapientem, nec sicut vulgus, sed ut eruditi solent appellare sapientem, Cic. Lael. 2, 6: Graeciae, sicut apud nos, delubra magnifica,id. Rep. 3, 9, 14: non debent esse amicitiarum sicut aliarum rerum satietates,id. Lael. 19, 67: ut tuo judicio uteretur, sicut in rebus omnibus,id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: provinciam suam hanc esse Galliam, sicut illam nostram,Caes. B. G. 1, 44; 6, 19: nihil me, sicut antea, juvat Scribere versiculos,Hor. Epod. 11, 1 et saep.: hunc, sicut omni vitā, tum petentem premebat nobilitas,Liv. 39, 41; 34, 9, 10: nec sicut vulnere sanguis,Luc. 3, 638 Drak. N. cr.
* Form sicuti: me amicissime cottidie magis Caesar amplectitur: familiares quidem ejus, sicuti neminem,Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13: sicuti te, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 174, 33.
* Corresp. to ita, item, sic, etc. (cf. supra, A. b.): praecipuum lumen sicut eloquentiae, ita praeceptis quoque ejus, dedit M. Tullius,Quint. 3, 1, 20; so id. 8, prooem. § 29; 9, 1, 18; 10, 1, 14: sicut in foro non bonos oratores, item in theatro actores malos perpeti,Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 118: illi, sicut Campani Capuam, sic Rhegium habituri perpetuam sedem erant,Liv. 28, 28: sicut in vitā, in causis quoque,Quint. 12, 1, 13; cf. Liv. 9, 17 Drak. N. cr.
* With an accessory idea of cause, inasmuch as, since (perh. only in the two foll. passages): nunc occasio'st faciundi, prius quam in urbem advenerit, sicut cras hic aderit, hodie non venerit,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 87: quo lubet, sicut soror Ejus huc gemina advenit Ephesum,id. Mil. 4, 1, 28 Brix ad loc.; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 57.
* Pregn.: sicut est, erat, etc., in confirmation of a former proposition, as indeed it is (was), as it really is (was), as is (was) the fact (class.; a favorite expression with Cic.): sint nobis isti, qui de ratione vivendi disserunt, magni homines, ut sunt,Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 4: huc accedit, quod, quamvis ille felix sit, sicut est, tamen, etc.,id. Rosc. Am. 8, 22: sit ista res magna, sicut est,id. Leg. 1, 5, 17; Liv. 7, 35: sit licet, sicut est, ab omni ambitione longe remotus,Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 2: illa, quamvis ridicula essent, sicut erant, mihi tamen risum non moverunt,Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 3: secundam eam Paulus, sicut erat, victoriam ratus,Liv. 45, 7: poteratque viri vox illa videri, sicuti erat,Ov. M. 12, 205: quamvis scelerati illi fuissent, sicuti fuerunt, pestiferi cives tamen, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230.—Less freq. with other verbs: quamvis enim multis locis dicat Epicurus, sicut dicit, satis fortiter de dolore, tamen, etc.,Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117 Beier: quamquam in consuetudine cottidianā perspexisses, sicuti perspicies,id. Fam. 3, 10, 2: quod fore, sicut accidit, videbat,Caes. B. G. 5, 58: terrendi magis hostes erant quam fallendi, sicut territi sunt,Liv. 25, 24.— Strengthened by re verā: apud nos, re verā sicut sunt, mercenarii scribae existimantur,Nep. Eum. 1, 5.
* For introducing a term of comparison, as it were, like, as, as if, = tamquam (class.): ut sese splendore animi et vitae suae sicut speculum praebeat civibus,Cic. Rep. 2, 42, 69: qui, sicut unus paterfamilias, loquor,id. Inv. 2, 5, 19: quod me sicut alterum parentem et observat et diligit,id. Fam. 5, 8, 4: (natura) rationem in capite sicut in arce posuit,id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; id. de Or. 1, 29, 132: ex his duabus diversis sicuti familiis unum quoddam est conflatum genus,id. Inv. 2, 3, 8: ab ejus (cornus) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.: multi mortales vitam sicut peregrinantes transegere,Sall. C. 2, 8; 31, 5; 38, 3; id. J. 60, 4; Liv. 7, 11.
* For introducing an example, as, as for instance, etc. (class.): quibus in causis omnibus, sicut in ipsā M.' Curii ... fuit summa de jure dissensio,Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 238; Nep. Dat. 9: omnibus periculis, sicut cum Spartam oppugnavit,id. Pel. 4: sicuti cum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 154, 27: sicuti si, Enn. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 5 (Ann. v. 344 Vahl.); Quint. 9, 3, 89; so id. 9, 3, 16; 9, 3, 91; 7, 2, 17; 8, 3, 51; Suet. Aug. 56; 85 al.
* Sicut eram, erat, etc., like the Gr. ὡς εἰχον, to denote an unchanged condition of the subject in a new state of action, just as I (he, etc.) was (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): sicut eram, fugio sine vestibus,Ov. M. 5, 601; 6, 657: sicut erat, rectos defert in Tartara currus,Stat. Th. 7, 820; so, sicut erat, id. ib. 3, 680; 4, 803; 10, 37; Luc. 2, 365: ille, sicut nudatus erat, pervenit ad Graecos,Curt. 9, 7, 10; 10, 4, 2: sicut erat togatus,Suet. Claud. 34; Just. 14, 4, 1; 26, 2, 4 al.: sicut erant,Ov. M. 3, 178; Suet. Calig. 45; id. Oth. 8: sicut erit,Tib. 3, 1, 18.—Less freq. with another verb: sicut curru eminebat, oculos circumferens,Curt. 4, 14, 9: praecipitatum in flumen, sicut vestitus advenerat,Suet. Claud. 9.—Form sicuti: sicuti erat, cruentā veste, in castra pervenit,Curt. 8, 3, 10