ut

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. (interrogative, not-comparable) how? in what way?
2. (not-comparable, relative) as
3. (not-comparable, relative) as, being, in the role of, in the capacity of, as natural for
4. (not-comparable, rare, relative) where

Conj

1. how, that, so that, to, in order to, in order that; introduces the subject or object clause of a verb, purpose or effect; note that quō replaces ut when there is a comparative in the subordinate clause of purpose.
2. although
3. like, as, just as
4. as soon as, when, whenever
5. that, for that, because

Concepts

afin que

pour que

pour

afin de

que

comme

à savoir que

à

dans le but de

cependant

de

lorsque

mais

ainsi que

Synonymes

causa

si

cui

etsi

licet

qua

quamvis

tametsi

Traductions

damit

sodass

para que

in order to

para que

perché

to

zodat

حَتَّى

that

لِكَي

per

as

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈʊt]

Étymologie (Anglais)

Some supposed ut < uti < utī < utei < *utai < *uta + i, with this *uta corresponding to ita (and utinam < *utanam). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos and *só. See ubi for the loss of c.
Jussive and optative sentences were often followed by some adverbial ut(i), originally meaning "in some way" (sometimes interchangeable with instrumental qui (“by some means”)). Ut becoming habitual, lost its full meaning and was weakened to the conjunction ut, which now fell to govern the subjunctive mood. This was the epitome of the evolution of subordinate clauses in Latin.