Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 725.fortasse on page 725
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fortasse perhaps
fortasse is a Latin Adverb that primarily means perhaps.
Definitions for fortasse
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
perhaps
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
It may be, perhaps, possibly (sts. iron.): (a) (w. ind.). (b) (w. subj.). (c) (w. pples. or in indir. sp.). (d) (w. ellipsis of vb. or qualifying adjs. or advs.). (e) (w. numerals or sim., to express approximation). (f) (w. acc. and inf.).
Sentences with fortasse
Latin to English
Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentior et exrucior.Compare I hate and love. Why I do so, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it, and I am in torment.
Vivere tota vita discendum est et, quod magis fortasse miraberis, tota vita discendum est mori.Compare It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and -what will perhaps make you wonder more- it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.
Is de mos liber fortasse sum Aristoteles.Compare His books on morals are perhaps by Aristotle.
Dico fortasse, qui sentio, non licet; taceo plane licet.Compare It is not in your power perhaps to say what you may think; it is clearly in your power to be silent.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 255.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 725.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "fortasse (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fortasse.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 255.fortasse on page 255
