Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1752.sī on page 1752
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sī if
sī is a Latin Conjunction that primarily means if.
Definitions for sī
Wheelock's Latin
Conjunction
- 1
if
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Conjunction
- 1
(w. ind., introducing the protasis of an open condition, where the assumption is neither affirmed nor denied) If, supposing that. (b) (in colloq, style w. pres. expr. fut. condition). (c) (w. a past subj. in apodosis, esp. where two alternative hypotheses are put) if it was the case that.. (d) (in fut. conditions, as a cautious substitute for a temporal conjunction). (e) (introducing the hypothesis affirmed by a man challenged in a sponsio).
- 2
(w. subj., in generalizing conditions) (a) (w. ideal 2nd pers. sg.). (b) (expr. repeated or habitual action, esp. in historical narrative).
- 3
(w. pres. or pf. subj., introducing more remote or hypothetical conditions, in which, however, the idea of fulfilment is not ruled out).
Sentences with sī
Latin to English
Sī Deum nōbīs ignōscere volumus, nōs dēbēmus aliīs hominibus ignōscere.Compare If we want God to forgive us, we ought to forgive other men.
Sī hunc ducem novum sequēminī, lībertāte et ōtiō ūtēminī.Compare If you follow this new leader, you will enjoy liberty and leisure.
Sī in fīnēs hostium hōc tempore eat, paucīs hōrīs pereat.Compare If he should go into the territory of the enemy at this time, he would perish in a few hours.
Si vis me flere, dolendum est primum ipsi tibi.Compare If you wish to draw tears from me, you must first feel pain yourself.
A crudele genus nec fidum femina nomen! a pereat, didicit fallere si qua virum.Compare O cruel, faithless race of women! May they perish who have learned to betray a husband.
Eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet quam si uni reddatur.Compare The condition of holding empire is that an account cannot be balanced unless it be rendered to one person.
En miser homo! Si dolor summus malum sum, dico aliter non possum.Compare Lo a wretched man! If pain is the greatest evil, he cannot be called otherwise.
Atqui fine sub ultimo peccatrix anima stultitiam exuat: saltem voce Deum concelebret, si meritis nequit. [Liber Cathermerinon, Praefatio, 31]Compare And so, as my last day approaches, let my sinful soul divest itself of its folly; let it at least celebrate God in words, if it cannot in deeds.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 6.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1752.
- 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).
- Louis Delatte, 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): 119.
Bibliography
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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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "sī (conj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/si.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6.sī on page 6
