Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 623.etsī on page 623
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etsī although
etsī is a Latin Conjunction that primarily means although.
Definitions for etsī
Wheelock's Latin
Conjunction
- 1
with ind. or subj. according to rules for sī, even if (et -sī), although
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Conjunction
- 1
Also as two words. [ET+SI] Even if, although. (b) (w. single nouns, adjs., phrs., etc.).
- 2
(introducing a main cl.) Although, and yet.
Sentences with etsī
Latin to English
Invisibilis est, etsi videatur; incompprhensibilis, etsi per gratiam repraesentetur; inaestimabilis, etsi humanis sensibus aestimetur.Compare [God] is invisible, although seen, incomprehensible although revealed by grace, unfathomable although fathomed by the human senses.
Etsi ars quidem, cum ea non utare, scientia tamen ipsa teneri potest, virtus in usu sui tota posita est; usus autem eius est maximus civitatis gubernatio. (De re publica, I, 2)Compare Though it is true that an art, even if you never use it, can still remain in your possession by the very fact of your knowledge of it, yet the existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use; and its noblest use is the government of the state. (Tr. C. W. Keyes)
Adulescens, tam etsi properas te hoc saxum rogat ut sese aspicias, deinde quod scriptum est legas. Hic sunt poetae Pacuvi Marci sita Ossa. Hoc volebam nescius ne esses. Vale. (Epigramma)Compare Young man, though you hurry past, this stone would have you look at it and read what is written here. Here lie the bones of the poet Marcus Pacuvius. I would not have you wholly ignorant of him. Farewell. [Epitaph on himself]
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 271.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 623.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "etsī (conj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 18, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/etsi.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 271.etsī on page 271
