etsi Latin · revision 18038

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la et, la sī}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛt.siː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛt.si]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''etsī''' ^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also written as two words.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|et|t=even]] and [[m|la|sī|t=if]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|et]] to [[itc-pro|*eti]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁eti|t=still, also]], cognate with [[grc|ἔτι|tr=éti|t=still, yet]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has ''manē, etsī properās'', “wait, even if you're in a hurry”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Etsī'' is “even if, although”, usually with the indicative, and often answered by ''tamen'' (Cicero: one who, though condemned, still seems to me among the best of men).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It also qualifies a single word or phrase (Cicero: helpful though not necessary).^(OLD 2012) Introducing a main clause it means “and yet, although” as a correction (Plautus: ''etsī iam ego ipse quid sit prope scīre putō mē'', “and yet I think I nearly know what it is”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “although, even if”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''manē, etsī properās''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''etsī nōn necessāria''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # Even if, [[m|en|although]], though.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(introducing a main clause)'' And yet.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tametsī]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[et]]

+ * [[sī]]

+ * [[etiamsī]]

+ * [[quamquam]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}