ut

Meaning

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

in order to

so that

that

to

as

so

so as

and

when

but

even if

even though

in order

Synonyms

causa

si

cui

etsi

licet

qua

quamvis

tametsi

Translations

afin que

damit

para que

pour que

sodass

pour

afin de

para que

per

حَتَّى

لِكَي

que

perché

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʊt]

Etymology

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.