tamen adv.
3 TA-.—After a
concessive or conditional particle,
notwithstanding, nevertheless, for all that, however, yet, still
(beginning the clause or after its emphatic word): quamquam omnis virtus nos ad
se adlicet, tamen iustitia id maxime efficit: etsi abest maturitas aetatis, tamen, etc.:
tametsi miserum est, tamen, etc.: si Massilienses per delectos cives . . . reguntur,
inest tamen in eā conditione similitudo quaedam servitutis: si nullus erit
pulvis, tamen excute nullum, O.: cui (senatus auctoritati)
cum Cato et Caninius intercessissent, tamen est
perscripta.—Opposed to an implied concession or inference,
in spite of this, for all that, however, still, nevertheless
: Retraham ad me illud argentum tamen,
T.: expellitur ex oppido Gergoviā; non destitit
tamen, Cs.: neque recordatur illi ipsi tam
infelici imperatori patuisse tamen portūs Africae,
L.: semper Aiax fortis, fortissimus tamen in furore: cur
nolint, etiam si tacerent, satis dicunt. Verum non tacent. Tamen his invitissimis te
offeres?: tamen a malitiā non discedis?
in spite of all
.—With
sed or verum
, in strong opposition,
but yet, but nevertheless, but still
: hi non sunt permolesti; sed tamen insident et urgent:
debet; verum tamen non cogitur.—With
si, if at least, if only
: aliqua et mihi gratia ponto est; Si tamen in dio quondam
concreta profundo Spuma fui, O.—After
neque . . . nec, on the other hand, however
: Cyri vitam legunt, praeclaram illam quidem, sed neque tam
nostris rebus aptam nec tamen Scauri laudibus anteponendam.—Ne
tamen,
that by no means
: veni igitur, quaeso, ne tamen semen urbanitatis
unā cum re p. intereat. —With pron
relat., who however, although he
: L. Lucullus, qui tamen eis incommodis mederi
fortasse potuisset . . . partem militum Glabrioni tradidit,
although he might
, etc.: fuit mirificus in Crasso pudor, qui tamen non obesset eius orationi,
etc.,
and yet its effect was not
, etc.—Strengthened by
nihilo minus
: si illud tenerent, se quoque id retenturum; nihilo minus
tamen agi posse de compositione, Cs.
