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item

item, likewise, besides, also, further, moreover, too, as well

BWL

fecisti item ut praedones solent
you have acted in the same manner as pirates are accustomed
ĭtem, adv. [i- (cf. is) and -tam, acc. fem. corresponding to tum (is), -tud; cf. tam; Sanscr. ittham, so].
  • Implying comparison, just so, in like manner, after the same manner, likewise, also (cf.: ita, pariter, eodem modo): proinde eri ut sint, ipse item sit, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5 (960): quia mi item ut parentes lucis das tuendi copiam, id. Capt. 5, 4, 11 (1008): utinam item a principio rei pepercisses meae, ut nunc repercis saviis, id. Truc. 2, 4, 24 (375): placuit Scaevolae et Coruncanio, itemque ceteris, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 52: item igitur si sine divinatione non potest, id. Div. 2, 52, 107: ita fit, ut non item in oratione, ut in versu numerus exstet, id. Or. 60: fecisti item uti praedones solent, id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21: item ... quemadmodum, etc., id. ib. 2, 2, 22, § 54: item ... quasi murteta juncis, item ego vos virgis circumvinciam, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 27 (732); Liv. 39, 19: item ... atque, Varr. L. L. 9, 4; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 71 (1008): parentes vagitu suo paene bis prodidit: semel, cum a nutricis ubere, item cum a sinu matris raptim auferretur, Suet. Tib. 6.—
    • B Esp.: non item, but not: spectaculum uni Crasso jucundum, ceteris non item, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4: corporum offensiones sine culpa accidere possunt, animorum non item, id. Tusc. 4, 14, 31: in libero servant, in libera non item, id. N. D. 2, 24, 62. —
  • II Introducing something additional, without comparison, likewise, besides, also, further, moreover (cf.: etiam, quoque): postquam amans accessit unus et item alter, Ter. And. 76: Ariovistus respondit, jus esse belli, ut, etc.: item populum Romanum victis non ad alterius praescriptum imperare, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 36: legionem Caesar constituit ... item equites Ariovisti pari intervallo constiterunt, id. ib. 1, 43 init.: Romulus augur cum fratre item augure, Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: ille res in Africa gessit: itemque Mago, ejus frater, Nep. Han. 7, 1: ut recessit, sic accessit et abscessit, item, incessit, Varr. L. L. p. 87 Müll.; so in enumerating, next, again: item ... tertio ... quarto ..., Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 3: semel ... item, Suet. Tib. 6; id. Claud. 4.

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