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iterum

again, for the second time

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 14s 1 · 84.03/10k
Dirae, Appendix Vergiliana 5 · 77.04/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 1 · 60.24/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 13s 1 · 58.82/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 19s 1 · 49.75/10k
Iphicrates 1 · 24.45/10k
Cato 1 · 23.36/10k
Cimon 1 · 18.66/10k
De Paenitentia 6 · 14.73/10k
De vita Hadriani 7 · 13.65/10k
Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
Epistularum 1 · 12.5/10k

Densest 12 of 219 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. iterum — de Vaan

iterum 'again, for the second time' [adv.] (P1.+) Derivatives: iterare 'to repeat' (PL+). iuba Pit. *iiero- 'the other1. PIE *(h1)i-tero-. IE cognates: Skt. itara- 'the other (of the two), another'. Bibl.: WH I: 723f, EM 325, IEW 281«-286, Sihler 1995: 429. ^ ceterus, is — [de Vaan, s.v. iterum, p. 325]

2. ĭtĕrum — Lewis & Short

ĭtĕrum (collat. form † ĭtĕro, Inscr. ap. Fea Framm. di Fast. Cons. Tav. 10, n. 26), adv.acc. sing. n. of compar. form from pronom. stem i- of is; cf. Sanscr. itara, the other; Hibern. itir,

I again, a second time, once more, anew.

I Lit.: ubi rex Agathocles regnator fuit, et iterum Phintias, tertium Liparo, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 58: iterum mihi natus videor, quia te repperi, id. Poen. 5, 2, 117: iterum ille eam rem judicatam judicat, id. Rud. prol. 19: Livianae fabulae non satis dignae sunt, quae iterum legantur, Cic. Brut. 18, 71: C. Flaminius consul iterum, id. Div. 1, 35, 77: T. Quinctius Pennus, iterum, Liv. 4, 30; Nep. Hann. 5, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 4: cum is iterum bellum dare dixisset, Liv. 21, 18. — In enumerations: primo quidem decipi, incommodum est: iterum, stultum: tertio turpe, Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 71; id. Font. 8, 16; Suet. Caes. 36; id. Aug. 25; Nep. Hann. 6, 1; Juv. 4, 1.—With other advv., esp. with semel, tertium, etc.: cum his Aeduos semel atque iterum armis contendisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 31; Juv. 3, 134: Venerium jacere iterum ac tertium, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121: iterum atque tertium tribuni, Liv. 3, 19: semel iterumque, Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54.— Repeated: iterum atque iterum spectare, again and again, repeatedly, Hor. S. 1, 10, 39: iterum atque iterum fragor increpat ingens, Verg. A. 8, 527: iterumque iterumque vocavi, id. ib. 2, 770; 3, 436.—

II Transf., in turn, again, on the other hand: cum is iterum sinu effuso bellum dare dixisset, having loosed again the fold, Liv. 21, 18 fin.; Just. 21, 4, 6: pares iterum accusandi caussas esse, Tac. A. 12, 65.

In the wild

iterum Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1.8.11
Iterumne Lucan, Pharsalia 8.584
iterum Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 125.19
iterum Vergil, Aeneid 9.598
iterumque Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.21s
iterum Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.23.9.11

6 of 1,226 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. iterum (scan pp. 325-326; entry #834). Root candidates: *iiero-.

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