itur

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sic itur

Proposed translations (English)

4 +2	So it goes	Stephen C. Farrand
5 +2	goes, leaves, departs	Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

Proposed translations

2 hrs

Stephen C. Farrand

United States

70 answers

Native in English

Latin term (edited): sic itur

Selected

So it goes

I suspect this is a native English speaker's way of rendering "and so it goes" into Latin. Itur is an "impersonal" 3rd person (present indicative) form--passive ending on an intransitive verb (i.e. normally has no passive forms).

I suspect it's very rare in Roman prose, if it occurs at all. There's a famous use in Aeneid 6 179-- Itur in antiquam silvam, stabula alta ferarum. There it means in context "they go".

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Note added at 20 hrs (2008-07-26 20:14:12 GMT)
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As for Roman prose, Perseus gives two exx. in the Cicero Verrine orations, two in Livy, and two in Tacitus' Annales. Contexts are interesting--check them out.

Peer comment(s):

agree	Joseph Brazauskas 11 hrs
	Gratias maximas, Ioseph!
agree	grazy73 18 hrs
	Gratias maximas, Grazy!

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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

Brazil

2995 answers

Works in field

goes, leaves, departs

Itur is the third person singular of the verb ire (to go) in the passive. You can translate it as he/she/it goes, but it's closer in meaning to Spanish se va or Portuguese vai-se, if you know what I'm saying.