сице

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From си (si) + -ко (-ko), "к" alternates with "ц" after "и", "о" alternates with "е" after "ц".

Adverb

сице • (sice)

  1. thus, so
    • 1581, Ostrog Bible, 1 Samuel 14.16:
      сице да гл҃еши людем̑ си́м꙽, и҆же рѣша к тебѣ гл҃ще ꙗ҆́ко,...
      Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying,...
    • line 8 from the Primary Chronicle:
      И идоша за море къ варягомъ, к русꙇ; сице бо тꙇи звахуся варязи русь...
      I idoša za more kŭ varjagomŭ, k rusi; sice bo tii zvaxusja varjazi rusĭ...
      And they went across the sea to the Varangians, to the Rus; for in this way those Varangians are called Rus...

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsit͡sʲɛ/→/ˈsʲit͡sʲɛ/→/ˈsʲit͡sʲɛ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsit͡sʲɛ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲit͡sʲɛ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲit͡sʲɛ/

Adverb

сице (sice)

  1. thus, so
  2. like that, in that way
    • 1096, Monomakh's letter to Prince Oleg Svyatoslavich:
      ѡнъ въ ꙋности своєи и в безумьи сице смѣрѧєтьсѧ на ба҃ укладаѥть
      onŭ vŭ unosti svojei i v bezumĭi sice směręjetĭsę na ba: ukladajetĭ
      He, in his youngness and in madness, resigns himself and lays hope to God like this.
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