I.conj. [et, II. H.], like etiamsi, a concessive conditional particle, though, although, albeit.
I. Prop.
(α).
With indic.: “gaudeo, etsi nihil scio, quod gaudeam,” Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 62: “etsi scio ego, Philumena, meum jus esse ... ego tamen, etc.,” Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 1: “etsi abest maturitas aetatis, jam tamen personare aures ejus, etc.,” Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 3: ergo, etsi conferre manum pudor iraque monstrat, Obiciunt portas tamen, Verg. A. 9, 44 et saep.: “vapulo hercle ego invitus tamen, Etsi malum merui,” Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 16; cf. id. Rud. 5, 2, 63; “so often followed by certe, saltem, verumtamen, etc.: etsi aliqua culpa tenemur, a scelere certe liberati sumus,” Cic. Marcell. 5, 13; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 60 al.—
(β).
With subj.: “etsi taceas, palam id quidem est,” Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 7; cf. id. Truc. 4, 3, 41: “etsi cupidissime expetitum a me sit, tamen, etc.,” Cic. Att. 7, 3: “etsi nihil aliud Sullae nisi consulatum abstulissetis, tamen eo vos contentos esse oportebat,” id. Sull. 32, 90; Liv. 3, 8 fin. et saep.—
(γ).
Ellipt., without a verb: “ei, etsi nequaquam parem illius ingenio, ut meritam gratiam referamus,” Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14: “superbiae crudelitatique etsi seras, non leves tamen venire poenas,” Liv. 3, 56; cf. id. 38, 41 (twice): “etsi non iniquum certe triste senatus consultum factum est,” id. 26, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Calig. 12; Tac. Or. 19.—
II. Transf., sometimes like quamquam, to restrict or correct a preceding proposition, although, and yet, but, καίπερ, καίτοι: “vale atque salve: etsi aliter ut dicam meres,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 86: “utram (conditionem) malis vide: etsi hoc consilium rectum esse scio,” Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 85: “habet enim res deliberationem: etsi ex parte magna tibi assentior,” Cic. Att. 7, 3, 3; ib. 13, 41: “do, do poenas temeritatis meae. Etsi quae fuit illa temeritas?” id. ib. 9, 10, 2; cf. id. ib. 16, 7, 3: “lectis tuis litteris admiratus equidem sum, te, etc.: etsi, quamvis non fueris suasor et impulsor profectionis meae, approbator certe fuisti,” id. ib. § 2; cf.: “quamquam, etsi,” Liv. 21, 19, 4. Vid. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 600-609.