I.perhaps, perchance, peradventure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “me miseram, forsan hic mihi parvam habeat fidem,” Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117; Lucr. 6, 729: “forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit,” Verg. A. 1, 203; “forsan miseros meliora sequentur,” id. ib. 12, 153: “huic uni forsan potui succumbere culpae,” id. ib. 4, 19: “et mihi forsan tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,” Hor. C. 2, 16, 31: “pernicies Tibi paratur, forsan et miserae mihi,” Phaedr. 2, 4, 7: “transierant binae forsan trinaeve Calendae,” Mart. 10, 75, 7: “quem decreto sermonem praetenderit, forsan aliquem verum auctores antiqui tradiderint,” Liv. 3, 47, 5; 10, 39, 14: “occurrat mihi forsan aliquis,” Quint. 1, 5, 6; 12, 1, 31; Col. 3, 9, 1: “et tu forsan audire nolis,” Curt. 3, 2 (dub. v. Zumpt ad Curt. 3, 5, 11).—In law Lat., as for example, for instance, Dig. 48, 5, 34, § 1.
fors-an , adv. ellipt. for fors sit an; v. fors, II. A. and forsitan, and cf. fortan and fortassean,
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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