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1. ĕo, īvi or ii (īt, Verg. A. 9, 418 al.; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 206 sq.: isse, issem, etc., for ivisse, etc., Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 25; Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Phil. 14, 1, 1; Ov. M. 7, 350 et saep.: isti, Turp. ap. Non. 4, 242: istis, Luc. 7, 834, etc., v. Neue Formenl. 2, 515), īre (inf. pass. irier, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 16), ĭtum, v. n. [root i-, Sanscr. ēmi, go; Gr. εἶμι; causat. ἵημι = jacio, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 403], to go (of every kind of motion of animate or inanimate things), to walk, ride, sail, fly, move, pass, etc. (very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: eo ad forum, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 95: i domum, id. ib. 5, 2, 71 sq.: nos priores ibimus, id. Poen. 3, 2, 34: i in crucem, go and be hanged! id. As. 5, 2, 91; cf.: i in malam crucem, id. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; 4, 7, 86: i in malam rem hinc, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 37: iens in Pompeianum, Cic. Att. 4, 9 fin.: subsidio suis ierunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 8: quom it dormitum, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23; id Most. 3, 2, 4; 16; Hor. S. 1, 6, 119 et saep, cf.: dormitum, lusum, id. ib. 1, 5, 48: cubitum, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27; 5, 4, 8; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; Cic. Rosc. Am. 23; id. Div. 2, 59, 122 et saep.
      Poet. with the acc. of the terminus: ibis Cecropios portus, Ov. H. 10, 125 Loers.: Sardoos recessus, Sil. 12, 368; cf.: hinc Afros, Verg. E. 1, 65.
      With a cognate acc.: ire vias, Prop. 1, 1, 17: exsequias, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 37: pompam funeris, Ov. F. 6, 663 et saep.: non explorantur eundae vitandaeque viae, Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 419: animae ad lumen iturae, Verg. A. 6, 680: ego ire in Piraeum volo, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 63; cf.: visere ad aliquam, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 114; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 52: videre, Prop. 1, 1, 12: ire pedibus, on foot, Liv. 28, 17: equis, id. 1, 15: curru, id. 28, 9; Ov. H. 1, 46; cf.: in equis, id. A. A. 1, 214: in raeda, Mart. 3, 47: super equos, Just. 41, 3; and with equis to be supplied, Verg. A. 5, 554: puppibus, Ov. H. 19, 180; cf.: cum classe Pisas, Liv. 41, 17 et saep.: concedere quo poterunt undae, cum pisces ire nequibunt? Lucr. 1, 380.
        1. b. Of things: alvus non it, Cato R. R. 157, 7; so, sanguis naribus, Lucr. 6, 1203: Euphrates jam mollior undis, Verg. A. 8, 726: sudor per artus, id. ib. 2, 174: fucus in artus, Lucr. 2, 683: telum (with volare), id. 1, 971: trabes, i. e. to give way, sink, id. 6, 564 et saep.: in semen ire (asparagum), to go to seed, Cato, R. R. 161, 3; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159; cf.: in corpus (juvenes), Quint. 2, 10, 5: sanguis it in sucos, turns into, Ov. M. 10, 493.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To go or proceed against with hostile intent, to march against: quos fugere credebant, infestis signis ad se ire viderunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6: ad hostem, Liv. 42, 49: contra hostem, Caes. B. G. 7, 67, 2; cf. id. B. C. 3, 31 fin.: adversus hostem, Liv. 42, 49: in hostem, id. 2, 6; Verg. A. 9, 424 et saep.; cf.: in Capitolium, to go against, to attack, Liv. 3, 17.
      2. 2. Pregn., to pass away, disappear (very rare): saepe hominem paulatim cernimus ire, Lucr. 3, 526; cf. ib. 530; 594.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to go, pass, proceed, move, advance: ire in opus alienum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 6: in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam, Liv. 1, 23 fin.: in alteram causam praeceps ierat, id. 2, 27: in rixam, Quint. 6, 4, 13: in lacrimas, Verg. A. 4, 413; Stat. Th. 11, 193: in poenas, Ov. M. 5, 668 et saep.: ire per singula, Quint. 6, 1, 12; cf. id. 4, 2, 32; 7, 1, 64; 10, 5, 21: ad quem (modum) non per gradus itur, id. 8, 4, 7 et saep.: dicite qua sit eundum, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 19: ire infitias, v. infitiae: Latina debent cito pariter ire, Quint. 1, 1, 14: aliae contradictiones eunt interim longius, id. 5, 13, 54: in eosdem semper pedes ire (compositio), id. 9, 4, 142: cum per omnes et personas et affectus eat (comoedia), id. 1, 8, 7; cf. id. 1, 2, 13; Juv. 1, 142: Phrygiae per oppida facti Rumor it, Ov. M. 6, 146: it clamor caelo, Verg. A. 5, 451: factoque in secula ituro, Laetantur tribuisse locum, to go down to posterity, Sil. 12, 312; cf. with a subject-sentence: ibit in saecula, fuisse principem, cui, etc., Plin. Pan. 55.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Pub. law t. t.
        1. a. Pedibus ire, or simply ire in aliquam sententiam, in voting, to go over or accede to any opinion (opp. discedere, v. h. v. II. B. 2. b.): cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent, Liv. 9, 8, 13: pars major eorum qui aderant in eandem sententiam ibat, id. 1, 32 fin.; 34, 43; 42, 3 fin.
          Pass. impers.:           in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur, Liv. 5, 9, 2: ibatur in eam sententiam, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1 fin.: itum in sententiam, Tac. A. 3, 23; 12, 48.
          And opp. to the above,
        2. b. Ire in alia omnia, to vote against a bill, v. alius, II.
      2. 2. Mercant. t. t. for vēneo, to go for, be sold at a certain price, Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 194: tot Pontus eat, tot Lydia nummis, Claud. Eutr. 1, 203.
      3. 3. Pregn., of time, to pass by, pass away: it dies, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12; Hor. C. 2, 14, 5; 4, 5, 7: anni, id. Ep. 2, 2, 55; cf.: anni more fluentis aquae, Ov. A. A. 3, 62.
      4. 4. With the accessory notion of result, to go, proceed, turn out, happen: incipit res melius ire quam putaram, Cic. Att. 14, 15; cf. Tac. A. 12, 68: prorsus ibat res, Cic. Att. 14, 20 fin.; Curt. 8, 5: postquam omnia fatis Caesaris ire videt, Luc. 4, 144.
        Hence the wish: sic eat, so may he fare: sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem, Liv. 1, 26; Luc. 5, 297 Cort.; 2, 304; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 155.
      5. 5. Constr. with a supine, like the Gr. μέλλειν, to go or set about, to prepare, to wish, to be about to do any thing: si opulentus it petitum pauperioris gratiam, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 69; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 36: quod uti prohibitum irem, quod in me esset, meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. PARSI, p. 242 Müll.; so, perditum gentem universam, Liv. 32, 22: ultum injurias, scelera, id. 2, 6; Quint. 11, 1, 42: servitum Grais matribus, Verg. A. 2, 786 et saep.: bonorum praemia ereptum eunt, Sall. J. 85, 42.
        Hence the construction of the inf. pass. iri with the supine, in place of an inf. fut. pass.: mihi omne argentum redditum iri, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 5: mihi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier, id. Rud. 4, 7, 16 et saep.
        Poet. also with inf.: seu pontum carpere remis Ibis, Prop. 1, 6, 34: attollere facta regum, Stat. S. 5, 3, 11: fateri, id. Th. 3, 61 al.
      6. 6. Imp. i, eas, eat, etc., since the Aug. period more freq. a mocking or indignant expression, go then, go now: i nunc et cupidi nomen amantis habe, Ov. H. 3, 26; so, i nunc, id. ib. 4, 127; 9, 105; 17, 57; id. Am. 1, 7, 35; Prop. 2, 29, 22 (3, 27, 22 M.); Verg. A. 7, 425; Juv. 6, 306 al.: i, sequere Italiam ventis, Verg. A. 4, 381; so, i, id. ib. 9, 634: fremunt omnibus locis: Irent, crearent consules ex plebe, Liv. 7, 6 fin.

ĭbī̆, adv. [from the pronom. root I, is, with dat. ending as in tibi, sibi, in loc. sense as in ubi; cf. Sanscr. suffix bhjam; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 169], in that place, there, = ἐνταῦθα (cf. istic).

  1. I. Lit., in space: ibi cenavi atque ibi quievi in navi noctem perpetem, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 100; tandem abii ad praetorem. Ibi vix requievi, id. Capt. 2, 2, 6: nempe in foro? De. Ibi, id. As. 1, 1, 104: in Asiam hinc abii, atque ibi, etc., Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 59: Demaratus fugit Tarquinios Corintho et ibi suas fortunas constituit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 109; Ov. M. 1, 316: aedificabat in summa Velia: ibi alto atque munito loco arcem inexpugnabilem fore, Liv. 2, 7, 6: erit haec differentia inter hoc edictum et superius, quod ibi de eo damno praetor loquitur, etc., Dig. 47, 8, 4, § 6: musca est meus pater … nec sacrum nec tam profanum quicquamst, quin ibi ilico adsit, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27: ut illa, quae dicimus, non domo attulisse, sed ibi protinus sumpsisse videamur, there, on the spot, Quint. 11, 2, 46; 4, 1, 54; 12, 9, 19: in eo flumine pons erat. Ibi praesidium ponit, Caes. B. C. 1, 47.
    In common speech, sometimes pleonastic, with the name of a place: in medio propter canalem, ibi ostentatores meri, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 15; 19; 22; id. Cist. 1, 1, 18; cf.: illic ibi demum’st locus, ubi, etc., id. Capt. 5, 4, 3.
    With corresp. relative adverbs, ubi, unde, etc.: nam ubi tu profusus, ibi ego me pervelim sepultam, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 7: nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi, ubi est, esse malit, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 1; cf.: ibi esse, ubi, etc., id. ib. 1, 10: ubi tyrannus est, ibi … dicendum est plane nullam esse rem publicam, id. Rep. 3, 31: multa intelleges meliora apud nos multo esse facta quam ibi fuissent, unde huc translata essent, id. ib. 2, 16.
    So with quo loco, etc.: quo loco maxime umor intus perseverabit, ibi pus proximum erit, Cels. 8, 9; cf.: quacumque equo invectus est, ibi haud secus quam pestifero sidere icti pavebant, Liv. 8, 9, 12: quo descenderant, ibi processerunt longe, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5.
    With gen.: ibi loci terrarum orbe portis discluso, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30.
    Post-class. of vessels, etc., therein (= in eis): qui sciens vasa vitiosa commodavit, si ibi infusum vinum est, etc., Dig. 13, 6, 18, § 3.
    Post-class. and very rarely with verbs of motion (for eo): et cum ibi venerimus, there, thither, Dig. 1, 2, 1 fin.; cf. ibidem.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of time, then, thereupon (mostly ante-class. and poet., but freq. in Liv.): invocat deos inmortales: ibi continuo contonat Sonitu maxumo, etc., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 41 sq.; cf.: ubi … ibi, ib. 11: postquam … ibi, ib. v. 39 sq.: ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum, Verg. A. 2, 792: ibi infit, etc., Liv. 3, 71, 6: nec moram ullam, quin ducat, dari: Ibi demum ita aegre tulit, ut, etc., then for the first time, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 53: ibi postquam laborare aciem Calpurnius vidit, Liv. 39, 31, 4.
      With cum: ibi cum alii mores et instituta eorum eluderent, Liv. 40, 5, 7: ibi cum de re publica retulisset, id. 22, 1, 4.
      With corresp. ubi: ille ubi miser famelicus videt, me tam facile victum quaerere, ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, etc., Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 30: non voco (te patrem): Ubi voles pater esse, ibi esto, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 25.
      Pleonastically with tum: tum ibi nescio quis me arripit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47: ibi tum derepente ex alto in altum despexit mare, Enn. ap. Non. 518, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 352 Vahl.): cum Aebutius Caecinae malum minaretur, ibi tum Caecinam postulasse, etc., Cic. Caecin. 10, 27; cf.: ibi nunc (colloq.), Plaut. Am. prol. 135; id. Curc. 3, 68.
    2. B. Of other relations, there, in that matter, on that occasion, in that condition (class.): nolite ibi nimiam spem habere, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1: numquid ego ibi peccavi? Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 23: at pol ego ibi sum, esse ubi miserum hominem decet, id. Bacch. 5, 1, 21: si quid est, quod ad testes reservet, ibi nos quoque paratiores reperiet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82: ibi fortunae veniam damus, in that case, Juv. 11, 176: huic ab adulescentia bella intestina, caedes, rapinae, discordia civilis grata fuere, ibique juventutem suam exercuit, in these things, Sall. C. 5, 2; Quint. 2, 2, 12: non poterat ibi esse quaestio, id. 7, 1, 5: subsensi illos ibi esse et id agere inter se clanculum, to be at it, busy about it, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 63: ibi esse, id. ib. 5, 2, 30; cf.: cecinere vates, cujus civitatis eam civis Dianae immolasset, ibi fore imperium, i. e. in that state, Liv. 1, 45, 5: ibi imperium fore, unde victoria fuerit, id. 1, 24, 2: et interdum in sanctionibus adicitur, ut qui ibi aliquid commisit, capite puniatur, i. e. in his sanctionibus, Dig. 1, 8, 9, § 3.
      1. 2. Of persons, in or with him or her (very rare): duxi uxorem; quam ibi miseriam vidi! Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 13 (cf.: ibi inquit, quasi uxor locus sit, Don. ad loc.); cf.: nil ibi majorum respectus, Juv. 8, 64.
      2. 3. Esp., law t. t.: tunc ibi, then and there, in the state of affairs then existing: de eo, quaque ille tunc ibi habuit, tantummodo, intra annum … judicium dabo, Dig. 43, 16, 1 praef.; cf.: ibi autem ait praetor, ut ne quis et quae illic non habuit, complectatur, ib. § 37 sq.