#īdem.#
2371. #īdem#, _the same_, often connects two different predicates to the
same person or thing. In this case, it may be variously rendered by
_likewise_, _also_, _all the same_, _on the other hand_, _at once_,
_very_, _nevertheless_.
#ūtēbātur eō cibō quī et suāvissimus esset et īdem facillimus ad
concoquendum#, _Fin._ 2, 64, _he made use of such food as was both very
dainty and likewise very easy to digest_. #ita fīet ut nōn omnēs quī
Atticē, eīdem bene dīcant#, _Br._ 291, _so it will be found that not all
who speak Attic are also good speakers_. #multī quī ut iūs suum et
lībertātem tenērent volnera excēpērunt fortiter et tulērunt, īdem omissā
contentiōne dolōrem morbī ferre nōn possunt#, _TD._ 2, 65, _many who
have met heroically and endured wounds, to preserve their rights and
their freedom, are nevertheless, when no contest is involved, unable to
bear the pain of a disease_.
2372. #īdem# is often used with other pronouns, #hīc#, #iste#, #istūc#,
#ille#: as,
#haec eadem centuriōnibus mandābant#, 7, 17, 8, _they confided these
same sentiments to their centurions_. #multae aliae idem istuc cupiunt#,
Pl. _MG._ 1040, _many other ladies want just what you want_.
2373. _The same as_ is expressed by #īdem# followed by #quī#, #atque# or
#ac#, #ut#, #quasi#, #cum#, sometimes in poetry by the dative.
#īdem sum quī semper fuī#, Pl. _Am._ 447, _I’m the same man I’ve always
been_. #pōmārium sēminārium ad eundem modum atque oleāgineum facitō#,
Cato, _RR._ 48, _make your fruit-tree nursery in the same way as your
nursery for olive-trees_ (1653). #eīsdem ferē verbīs ut disputātum est#,
_TD._ 2, 9, _in pretty much the same words as were used in the actual
argument_ (1937). #ut eōdem locō rēs sit quasi ea pecūnia lēgāta nōn
esset#, _Leg._ 2, 53, _so that the position is the same as if the money
had not been bequeathed_ (2120). #tibī̆ mēcum in eōdem est pistrīnō
vīvendum#, _DO._ 2, 144, _you must live in the same mill as I_. #Homērus
eādem aliīs sōpītu’ quiētest#, Lucr. 3, 1037, _Homer sleeps the same
sleep as others_.