I.“sometimes separated,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 45; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101 infra), conj. [verum-tamen], but yet, notwithstanding, however, nevertheless (class.): cum pugnabant maxume, ego fugiebam maxime; “verum quasi adfuerim tamen simulabo,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 45: “consilium capit primo stultum, verum tamen clemens,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101; id. Fam. 12, 30, 3: “malā defensione, verum aliquā tamen uti videretur,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101; id. Off. 2, 8, 26; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 32: “animadvertebas igitur, etsi tum nemo erat admodum copiosus, verum tamen versus ab his admisceri orationi,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 26: “nondum manifesta sibi est ... verum tamen aestuat intus,” Ov. M. 9, 465.—Sometimes, in resuming the thread of discourse, after a parenthetical clause: “cum essem in Tusculano (erit hoc tibi pro illo tuo cum essem in Ceramico), verum tamen cum ibi essem, etc.,” but as I was saying, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4.
vērum-tămen (vērun-tămen ; in recent edd. more freq. as two words, vē-rum tămen ;
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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