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ut.

how? in what way?

2 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈʊt]Classical-Latin[ˈut]
  1. how? in what way?

    interrogative · not-comparable
    Ut vales?
  2. as

    not-comparable · relative
    Faciam ut voles.
  3. as, being, in the role of, in the capacity of, as natural for

    not-comparable · relative
  4. where

    not-comparable · rare · relative
Where this word comes from

Some supposed ut < uti < utī < utei < *utai < *uta + i, with this *uta corresponding to ita (and utinam < *utanam). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos and *só. See ubi for the loss of c. Jussive and optative sentences were often followed by some adverbial ut(i), originally meaning "in some way" (sometimes interchangeable with instrumental qui (“by some means”)). Ut, becoming habitual, lost its full meaning and was weakened to the conjunction ut, which now fell to govern the subjunctive mood. This was the epitome of the evolution of subordinate clauses in Latin.

conj[ˈʊt]Classical-Latin[ˈut]
  1. how, that, so that, to, in order to, in order that; introduces the subject or object clause of a verb, purpose or effect; note that quō replaces ut when there is a comparative in the subordinate clause of purpose.

    Spero ut pacem habeant semper.
  2. although

  3. like, as, just as

  4. as soon as, when, whenever

  5. that, for that, because

Where this word comes from

Some supposed ut < uti < utī < utei < *utai < *uta + i, with this *uta corresponding to ita (and utinam < *utanam). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos and *só. See ubi for the loss of c. Jussive and optative sentences were often followed by some adverbial ut(i), originally meaning "in some way" (sometimes interchangeable with instrumental qui (“by some means”)). Ut, becoming habitual, lost its full meaning and was weakened to the conjunction ut, which now fell to govern the subjunctive mood. This was the epitome of the evolution of subordinate clauses in Latin.

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