tamen etsi
Latin
Alternative forms
- tamenetsi, tamen et si
- Note: usually written as two separate words.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ta.mɛˈnɛt ˈsiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪a.meˈnɛt̪ ˈsiː]
- Note: unlike in tametsī, the graphic m does represent the bilabial nasal /m/.
Conjunction
- (emphatic) even if, even though
- Synonyms: tam etsī, tametsī
References
- “tamenetsī” on page 2099 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
- “etsi tamen etsi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “etsi tamen etsi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- etsi tamen etsi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.