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ĭbī̆, 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], in that place, there, = ἐνταῦθα (cf. istic).

  1. I. Lit., in space: 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 paternec 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, ibidicendum 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of time, then, thereupon (mostly ante-class. and poet., but freq. in Liv.): invocat deos inmortales: ibi continuo contonat Sonitu maxumo, etc., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 41 sq.; cf.: ubiibi, ib. 11: postquamibi, 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.
    2. B. Of other relations, there, in that matter, on that occasion, in that condition (class.): nolite ibi nimiam spem habere, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1: 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.
      1. 2. Of persons, in or with him or her (very rare): duxi uxorem; 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.
      2. 3. Esp., law t. t.: tunc ibi, then and there, in the state of affairs then existing: de eo, quaque ille tunc ibi habuit, tantummodo, intra annumjudicium dabo, Dig. 43, 16, 1 praef.; cf.: ibi autem ait praetor, ut ne quis et quae illic non habuit, complectatur, ib. § 37 sq.