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ĕtĭam-si (also written separately), a concessive conditional particle, = καὶ εἰ, more emphatic than etsi,
I.even if, although, albeit.
(α). With indic.: “etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est,” Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81: “etiamsi dudum fuerat ambiguum hoc mihi: Nunc non est,” Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 26: “ista veritas etiamsi jucunda non est, mihi tamen grata est,” Cic. Att. 3, 24 fin.; “so opp. tamen,” id. Brut. 84, 290; Quint. 5, 10, 13; “opp. certe,” Cic. de Or. 1, 17 fin.; id. Opt. Gen. 2, 6; Liv. 40, 15, 15: “eundem igitur esse creditote, etiamsi nullum videbitis,” id. de Sen. 22, 79 et saep.—
(β). With subj.: “etiamsi vetet, Edim, etc.,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 73: “quae etiamsi essent, quae nulla sunt, pellere se ipsa fortasse possent,” Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18; 2, 10, 23; id. Off. 1, 43, 154: “quod, etiamsi nobilitatum non sit, tamen honestum est, quodque vere dicimus, etiamsi a nullo laudetur, natura esse laudabile,” id. Off. 1, 4 fin.; id. Mil. 8, 21; cf. id. Lael. 27, 100 et saep.; “opp. certe,” Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 1, 1; Treb. ad Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 11; “opp. nihilominus,” Liv. 26, 48, 11; Dig. 23, 3, 19; 47, 2, 63.—
(γ). Without a verb: “hunc librum etiamsi minus nostra commendatione, tuo tamen nomine divulgari necesse sit,” Cic. Or. 31 fin.; cf. Quint. 5, 12, 5; “opp. at,” Cic. Cael. 3, 8; cf.: “quae mihi omnia etiamsi non prius, attamen clarius fulsisse in Scipione Aemiliano videntur,” Plin. 7, 27, 28, § 100 et saep. Vid. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 588-596.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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