1. ibi — de Vaan
2. ĭbĭ_ — Lewis & Short
ĭbĭ_, 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,
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.—
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.—
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.—
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.—
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.
In the wild
- ibi Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 p30
- ibi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.11.p1
- ibi Claudian, Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1.342
- ibi Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.29.12.11
- Ibi Seneca, De Ira 3.21.2
- ibi Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 p59
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Where it came from
- Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. ibi (scan p. 309; entry #795).
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