siquidem
Latin
Alternative forms
- si quidem
Etymology
Univerbation of sī (“if”) + quidem (“restricting particle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɪ.kʷɪ.dẽː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.kʷi.d̪em]
- Note: as in other univerbations with quidem (tuquidem, quandoquidem), the -i- in this word is regularly short, but may be long when not treated as a univerbation.[1]
Adverb
siquidem (not comparable)
Conjunction
siquidem
- (Medieval Latin) synonym of autem
References
- ^ Benjamin Fortson (10 December 2008) Language and Rhythm in Plautus[1], De Gruyter, , →ISBN, page 51; 248
Further reading
- “siquidem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- siquidem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “siquidem (conj.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 974/1