soon
soon
adv.
P. and V. τά̆χᾰ, τᾰχύ, ἐν τά̆χει, διὰ τά̆χους, V. σὺν τά̆χει, ἐκ τᾰχείας, θοῶς, τά̆χος, Ar. and P. τᾰχέως.
Soon after: P. οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον, Ar. and P. ὀλί̆γον ὕστερον.
As soon as possible: P. and V. ὡς τά̆χιστα, Ar. and V. ὡς τά̆χος, ὅσον τά̆χος.
As soon as: P. and V. ἐπεὶ τά̆χιστα , ὡς τά̆χιστα, Ar. and V. ὅπως τά̆χιστα, P. ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα.
How soon? Within what time? use P. and V. τί̆νος χρόνου; (Eur. Or. 1211).
Too soon, prematurely: P. and V. πρῴ.
adv.
P. and V. τά̆χᾰ, τᾰχύ, ἐν τά̆χει, διὰ τά̆χους, V. σὺν τά̆χει, ἐκ τᾰχείας, θοῶς, τά̆χος, Ar. and P. τᾰχέως.
Soon after: P. οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον, Ar. and P. ὀλί̆γον ὕστερον.
As soon as possible: P. and V. ὡς τά̆χιστα, Ar. and V. ὡς τά̆χος, ὅσον τά̆χος.
As soon as: P. and V. ἐπεὶ τά̆χιστα , ὡς τά̆χιστα, Ar. and V. ὅπως τά̆χιστα, P. ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα.
How soon? Within what time? use P. and V. τί̆νος χρόνου; (Eur. Or. 1211).
Too soon, prematurely: P. and V. πρῴ.
SO FAR LONG MANY MUCH SOON TRUE WELL... AS
Vid: AS.
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SOON
In a short time brevi tempore or simply brevi (denoting the short space of time in which anything happens): mox (very soon afterward immediately after always supposes a comparison between circumstances or points of time of which the one follows after the other): jam more strongly jamjamque (in a moment represents the time of an action as present which one indicates as impending): propediem (as soon as possible tomorrow denotes a definite point of time up to which anything may happen). Very soon perbrevi: soon afterward or thereupon paullo post or post paullo; brevi postea; non ita multo post; brevi spatio interjecto: I will soon be here jam hic adero.
Quickly immediately celeriter: cito [Vid: IMMEDIATELY]. As soon as statim; post (e.g. Germani statim e somno lavantur as soon as they get up): as soon as Veii was taken post Veios captos; or by an ablative; e.g. alicujus adventu discessu as soon as one had come gone; solis occasu as soon as the sun had set.
At an early period mature: mane (early in the morning). Too soon ante tempus; mature or maturius (Vid: Bremi Suet. Caes. 26): to do anything soon maturare aliquid facere: as soon as simul ac or (when a vowel follows) simul atque: as soon as possible simul; simul ut; ut primum; cum primum; cum maturrime: as soon as I came to Rome after your departure ut primum a tuo digresso Romam veni: as soon as the meeting was over ambassadors were sent ab illa concione legati missi sunt.
Easily facile: facili negotio. It is soon said proclive dictu est (Cic. Off. 2 60 69).
In a short time brevi tempore or simply brevi (denoting the short space of time in which anything happens): mox (very soon afterward immediately after always supposes a comparison between circumstances or points of time of which the one follows after the other): jam more strongly jamjamque (in a moment represents the time of an action as present which one indicates as impending): propediem (as soon as possible tomorrow denotes a definite point of time up to which anything may happen). Very soon perbrevi: soon afterward or thereupon paullo post or post paullo; brevi postea; non ita multo post; brevi spatio interjecto: I will soon be here jam hic adero.
Quickly immediately celeriter: cito [Vid: IMMEDIATELY]. As soon as statim; post (e.g. Germani statim e somno lavantur as soon as they get up): as soon as Veii was taken post Veios captos; or by an ablative; e.g. alicujus adventu discessu as soon as one had come gone; solis occasu as soon as the sun had set.
At an early period mature: mane (early in the morning). Too soon ante tempus; mature or maturius (Vid: Bremi Suet. Caes. 26): to do anything soon maturare aliquid facere: as soon as simul ac or (when a vowel follows) simul atque: as soon as possible simul; simul ut; ut primum; cum primum; cum maturrime: as soon as I came to Rome after your departure ut primum a tuo digresso Romam veni: as soon as the meeting was over ambassadors were sent ab illa concione legati missi sunt.
Easily facile: facili negotio. It is soon said proclive dictu est (Cic. Off. 2 60 69).
soon:
I. Inor after a short time:
1. brĕvi tempore, or brĕvi absol.: the commonwealth will by your aid s. recover its own rights, respublica per vos brev. temp. jus suum recuperabit, Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3: he s. subdued everything, b. omnia subegit, Suet. Caes. 34: see also Smith's Lat. Dict. s. brevis (III., 2.). Very s., perbrevi tempore or perbrevi, Cic.
2. mox (very s. = directly): I shall be back s., mox ego huc revertor, Ter.: how s. breakfast has been cooked, quam m. coctum est prandium, Pl. Rud. 2, 3, 12.
3. jam (all but now, in a minute): I'll soon be there, jam adero, Ter. (cf. jam te premet nox, Hor.). Jam jam or jam jamque = possibly s., at any moment: cf. atra silex jam jam lapsura, Virg. Aen. 6, 602: v.MOMENTARILY , INSTANTLY , IMMEDIATELY .
4. prŏpĕdiem (shortly, q. v.): I shall see you s., propediem te videbo, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 47.
II. Quickly, speedily, q. v.:
1. cĭto: since you have said that a man who had not learnt a thing s., could never learn it thoroughly at all, quod eum negasti qui non c. quid didicisset unquam omnino posse perdiscere, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146.
2. cĕlĕrĭter: I will send you a book s., librum tibi c. mittam, Cic. (For to do a thing s., v.TO HASTEN , HURRY ON .)
III. In good time: mātūrē, tempestīvē, tempĕri or tempŏri: v.EARLY , SEASONABLY , OPPORTUNELY .
IV. Prematurely: immātūrē, praemātūrē: v.PREMATURELY : but best expr. by adj (v. PREMATURE ).
V. As s. as: v.SOON AS, AS .
VI. As s. as possible: v.SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS . Special Phr.: as s. = (a.) as readily, willingly (in this sense in Eng. accompanying would or some other word expressing will), implying regret or preference: I would as s. it had not been done, nollem factum, Ter.: I would as s. die, cupio mori, id.: Cato would as s. be a slave as a soldier, Cato servire quam pugnare mavult, Cic. Att. 7, 15, 2: v. FAIN , RATHER , TO PREFER . (b.) as lief, implying indifference: I would as s. they should be unharmed and go where you bid, nihil moror eos salvos esse et ire quo jubetis, Ant. in Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35: v. LIEF , INDIFFERENT (5. Phr.). (c.) just as little, implying improbability: expr. (1.) by non magis ... quam: Caius would as s. traverse on horseback the bay of Baiae as become emperor, non magis Caium imperaturum quam per Baianum sinum equis discessurum, Suet. Cal. 19, extr. (2.) by ante ... quam (poet.): as s. shall the hart graze aloft in air as his features pass away from this breast, ante leves pascentur in aethere cervi quam nostro illius labatur pectore vultus, Virg. E. 1, 59, and seqq. Miscell.: s. after, mox, Liv.: paulo mox, Plin.: post paulo, Caes., Sall.: brevi postea, Cic.: non multo postea, id.: non ita multo post, Liv.: brevi spatio interjecto, Caes. B. G. 3, 4, init.: very s., opinione citius, Varr.: cf. celerius omnium opinione, Caes. B. G. 2, 3, init.: also expr. by a superl. adv. (v. supr.): to an eager mind no haste is s. enough, animo cupienti nihil satis festinatur, Sall. J. 64, extr.: destined s. (= ere long) to be an old woman and to stoop, anus haud longa curva futura die, Prop. 3, 9, 20 (2, 18, 20).
I. In
1. brĕvi tempore, or brĕvi absol.: the commonwealth will by your aid s. recover its own rights, respublica per vos brev. temp. jus suum recuperabit, Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3: he s. subdued everything, b. omnia subegit, Suet. Caes. 34: see also Smith's Lat. Dict. s. brevis (III., 2.). Very s., perbrevi tempore or perbrevi, Cic.
2. mox (very s. = directly): I shall be back s., mox ego huc revertor, Ter.: how s. breakfast has been cooked, quam m. coctum est prandium, Pl. Rud. 2, 3, 12.
3. jam (all but now, in a minute): I'll soon be there, jam adero, Ter. (cf. jam te premet nox, Hor.). Jam jam or jam jamque = possibly s., at any moment: cf. atra silex jam jam lapsura, Virg. Aen. 6, 602: v.
4. prŏpĕdiem (shortly, q. v.): I shall see you s., propediem te videbo, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 47.
II. Quickly, speedily, q. v.:
1. cĭto: since you have said that a man who had not learnt a thing s., could never learn it thoroughly at all, quod eum negasti qui non c. quid didicisset unquam omnino posse perdiscere, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146.
2. cĕlĕrĭter: I will send you a book s., librum tibi c. mittam, Cic. (For to do a thing s., v.
III. In good time: mātūrē, tempestīvē, tempĕri or tempŏri: v.
IV. Prematurely: immātūrē, praemātūrē: v.
V. As s. as: v.
VI. As s. as possible: v.
soon, as: v. SOON (extr.: Special Phr.).
soon as, as:
1. sĭmul atque, sĭmul ac (or, in one word, simulatque, simulac): as s. as Caesar's arrival was ascertained, simul atque de Caesaris adventu cognitum est, Caes. B. G. 5, 3: as s. as Jove's dear spouse perceived plainly her being entangled in such calamity, simulac tali persensit peste teneri cara Jovis conjux, Virg. Aen. 4, 90. Also strengthened with primum (which may be expressed by our ever): as s. as ever an opportunity appeared to him, simulac primum ei occasio visa est, Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 34.
2. sĭmul ut (less freq. than preced.): every animal as s. as it is born begins to love itself, omne animal simul ut ortum est, se ipsum diligit, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33.
3. sĭmul (= simul atque): as s. as the Sabines saw the Roman line forming, they too themselves advance, s. instrui Romanam aciem S. videre, et ipsi procedunt, Liv. 3, 62, ad med. (cf. Taygete simul os terris ostendit honestum, Virg.). Also strengthened with primum: C. Marcius denounced Q. Fabius with impeachment, as s. as ever he retired from office, Q. Fabio, s. primum magistratu abiit, ab C. Marcio dicta dies est, Liv. 6, 1, ad med.
4. ut: the soldiers, as s. as they had halted in line, drove the Atrebates in a mass into the river, milites, ut in acie constiterant, A. in flumen compulerunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 23, init. Also statim ut: I wrote a letter as s. as I had read yours, literas scripsi statim ut tuas legeram, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 3: v.IMMEDIATELY AFTER . Strengthened with primum: as s. as the privilege was given, ut primum potestas data est, Cic. Fam. 10, 13, 1.
5. ubi: like the sun as s. as it issues from the vanquished clouds, ut sol victis ubi nubibus exit, Ov. M. 5, 571: I said, as s. as ever you showed it me, that it was the one (the ring), dixi, ubi mihi ostendisti illico eum esse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 3. Esp. ubi primum: as s. as the enemy beheld our cavalry, they threw our men into disorder, hostes ubi primum nostros conspexerunt, nostros perturbaverunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 12, init.
6. quum primum: as s. as he begins to be sensible, quum primum sapere coepit, Cic.
7. mox (ubi, ut or quam): what if the commons should come in arms, as s. as we fail to be influenced by their secession, quid, si plebs, mox ubi parum secessione moveamur, armata veniat, Liv. 3, 82, post med.: cf. mox ut, Flor. 2, 4, ad init.: so mox quam, Paul. Dig.
8. părĭter ... părĭter: the hero of Calydon as s. as he beheld her longed for her, hanc p. vidit, p. Calydonius heros optavit, Ov. M. 8, 323: I heard of his death as s. as his illness, p. aegrum, p. decessisse cognovi, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, extr.
9. vix ... quum or et (poet.): as s. as he had spoken, by chance a pair of doves came flying in the sky, vix ea fatus erat, geminae quum forte columbae coelo venere volantes, Virg. Aen. 6, 190: cf. ib. 5, 857: Cic.: Caes. (N.B.--Such phrases also as so s. as, no sooner ... than, may be rendered like as s. as.) See alsoIMMEDIATELY AFTER .
1. sĭmul atque, sĭmul ac (or, in one word, simulatque, simulac): as s. as Caesar's arrival was ascertained, simul atque de Caesaris adventu cognitum est, Caes. B. G. 5, 3: as s. as Jove's dear spouse perceived plainly her being entangled in such calamity, simulac tali persensit peste teneri cara Jovis conjux, Virg. Aen. 4, 90. Also strengthened with primum (which may be expressed by our ever): as s. as ever an opportunity appeared to him, simulac primum ei occasio visa est, Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 34.
2. sĭmul ut (less freq. than preced.): every animal as s. as it is born begins to love itself, omne animal simul ut ortum est, se ipsum diligit, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33.
3. sĭmul (= simul atque): as s. as the Sabines saw the Roman line forming, they too themselves advance, s. instrui Romanam aciem S. videre, et ipsi procedunt, Liv. 3, 62, ad med. (cf. Taygete simul os terris ostendit honestum, Virg.). Also strengthened with primum: C. Marcius denounced Q. Fabius with impeachment, as s. as ever he retired from office, Q. Fabio, s. primum magistratu abiit, ab C. Marcio dicta dies est, Liv. 6, 1, ad med.
4. ut: the soldiers, as s. as they had halted in line, drove the Atrebates in a mass into the river, milites, ut in acie constiterant, A. in flumen compulerunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 23, init. Also statim ut: I wrote a letter as s. as I had read yours, literas scripsi statim ut tuas legeram, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 3: v.
5. ubi: like the sun as s. as it issues from the vanquished clouds, ut sol victis ubi nubibus exit, Ov. M. 5, 571: I said, as s. as ever you showed it me, that it was the one (the ring), dixi, ubi mihi ostendisti illico eum esse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 3. Esp. ubi primum: as s. as the enemy beheld our cavalry, they threw our men into disorder, hostes ubi primum nostros conspexerunt, nostros perturbaverunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 12, init.
6. quum primum: as s. as he begins to be sensible, quum primum sapere coepit, Cic.
7. mox (ubi, ut or quam): what if the commons should come in arms, as s. as we fail to be influenced by their secession, quid, si plebs, mox ubi parum secessione moveamur, armata veniat, Liv. 3, 82, post med.: cf. mox ut, Flor. 2, 4, ad init.: so mox quam, Paul. Dig.
8. părĭter ... părĭter: the hero of Calydon as s. as he beheld her longed for her, hanc p. vidit, p. Calydonius heros optavit, Ov. M. 8, 323: I heard of his death as s. as his illness, p. aegrum, p. decessisse cognovi, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, extr.
9. vix ... quum or et (poet.): as s. as he had spoken, by chance a pair of doves came flying in the sky, vix ea fatus erat, geminae quum forte columbae coelo venere volantes, Virg. Aen. 6, 190: cf. ib. 5, 857: Cic.: Caes. (N.B.--Such phrases also as so s. as, no sooner ... than, may be rendered like as s. as.) See also
mox
soon, anon, directly, presently, by and by
in a little while, in a short time, soon
cito
quickly, speedily, soon
perceleriter
very quickly, very soon
soon, anon, directly, presently, by and by
appearing fewer than 50 times
breviin a little while, in a short time, soon
cito
quickly, speedily, soon
perceleriter
very quickly, very soon