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|lshtext=<b>fors</b>: [[fortis]], f. [[fero]], to [[bring]], [[whence]] [[fortuna]], v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.,<br /><b>I</b> [[chance]], [[hap]], [[luck]], [[hazard]].<br /><b>I</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> As an appellative [[noun]] (used [[only]] in the nom. and abl.; syn.: [[fortuna]], [[casus]], [[sors]]): quo [[saxum]] impulerit [[fors]], eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., [[who]] regards this [[verse]] as [[spurious]]); cf.: quibus [[natura]] prava [[magis]] [[quam]] [[fors]] aut [[fortuna]] obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem [[fortuna]] locum fatumque tulit [[fors]], Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf. also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat [[fors]], Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.: unum hoc [[scio]]: Quod [[fors]] feret, feremus [[aequo]] [[animo]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88: sed haec, ut [[fors]] tulerit, Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.: sed haec [[fors]] viderit, id. ib. 14, 13, 3; 4, 10, 1: [[quam]] sibi sortem Seu [[ratio]] dederit, seu [[fors]] objecerit, Hor. S. 1, 1, 2: [[quia]] tam [[incommode]] illis [[fors]] obtulerat adventum [[meum]], Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10: [[telum]] [[quod]] cuique [[fors]] offerebat, arripuit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59: [[forte]] quadam [[divinitus]] [[super]] ripas [[Tiberis]] [[effusus]] lenibus stagnis, Liv. 1, 4, 4: [[fors]] fuit, ut, etc., it happened [[that]], Gell. 12, 8, 2: [[fors]] [[fuat]] pol! so be it! God [[grant]] it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4; [[post]]-[[class]].: [[fors]] [[fuat]], ut his remediis convalescamus, Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: [[fors]] [[fuat]], an, etc., it [[might]] so [[happen]] [[that]]; [[perchance]], i. q. [[forsitan]], Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf. also: [[pretio]] [[fors]] [[fuat]] officiove, etc., [[perhaps]], Sid. Ep. 9, 7 ([[but]] not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Personified, Fors, the [[goddess]] of [[chance]]: dea Fors, Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the [[connection]] Fors Fortuna, whose [[temple]] [[was]] [[situated]] on the [[Tiber]], [[outside]] of the [[city]]: vosne velit an me regnare, [[era]] quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so, [[sit]] [[sane]] Fors [[domina]] campi, Cic. Pis. 2, 3: [[fors]], in quo incerti [[casus]] significantur [[magis]] ([[different]] from Fortuna), id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.: sed de [[illa]] ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet [[deus]], id. Att. 4, 10, 1: saeva, Cat. 64, 170: [[dies]] Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, [[quod]] is [[fanum]] Fortis Fortunae [[secundum]] Tiberim [[extra]] urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense, Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.; [[aedis]] Fortis Fortunae, Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41: Fortunae Fortis honores, Ov. F. 6, 773: o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem! Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. [[infra]]).<br /><b>II</b> Adverb., in the nom. and abl.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[fors]], ellipt., for [[fors]] [[sit]], it [[might]] [[happen]], i. e. [[perchance]], [[perhaps]], [[peradventure]] ([[only]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-[[class]]. [[prose]]): [[similiter]] [[fors]], cum [[sit]] [[nominativus]], accipitur pro adverbio, Prisc. p. 1015 P.: et [[fors]] aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc., Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535: cesserit Ausonio si [[fors]] [[victoria]] Turno, if [[perchance]], id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the [[connection]] [[fors]] et, i. q. [[fortasse]] [[etiam]], [[perhaps]] [[too]]: [[iste]] [[quod]] est, ego [[saepe]] fui, sed [[fors]] et in [[hora]] Hoc ipso ejecto carior [[alter]] erit, Prop. 2, 9, 1: et [[nunc]] [[ille]] [[quidem]] spe [[multum]] [[captus]] inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque [[altaria]] donis, Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139: [[fors]] et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum, Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.: [[fors]] [[etiam]], Val. Fl. 4, 620.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[forte]], by [[chance]], by [[accident]], [[casually]], [[accidentally]]; freq. [[with]] casu, [[temere]], [[fortuna]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: [[quid]] est [[tandem]], [[quod]] casu fieri aut [[forte]] [[fortuna]] putemus? etc., Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18: [[forte]] [[fortuna]] per [[impluvium]] huc despexi in proximum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut [[forte]] [[omnino]] ac [[fortuna]] vincere [[bello]]: Si [[forte]] et [[temere]] [[omnino]], [[quid]] cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.: si [[forte]], [[temere]], casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc., Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.: [[nisi]] ista casu [[nonnumquam]], [[forte]], [[temere]] concurrerent, id. Div. 2, 68, 141: [[quam]] [[saepe]] [[forte]] [[temere]] Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7: nec [[quicquam]] [[raptim]] aut [[forte]] [[temere]] egeritis, id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut [[forte]] [[temere]] in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12; 39, 15, 11: quibus [[forte]] [[temere]] humana negotia volvi persuasum est, Curt. 5, 11, 10: captivi [[quidam]] [[pars]] [[forte]] [[pars]] consilio oblati, Liv. 9, 31, 7: dumque hoc vel [[forte]], vel [[providentia]], vel [[utcumque]] [[constitutum]] rerum naturae [[corpus]], etc., Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.: mihi haec et talia audienti in [[incerto]] judicium est, fatone res mortalium et [[necessitate]] immutabili, an [[forte]] volvantur, Tac. A, 6, 22: si [[adhuc]] dubium fuisset, [[forte]] casuque rectores terris, an [[aliquo]] numine darentur, Plin. [[Pan]]. 1, 4: seu [[dolo]] seu [[forte]] surrexerit, [[parum]] compertum, Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.: seu [[forte]] seu tentandi [[causa]], Suet. Aug. 6: [[donec]] advertit [[Tiberius]] [[forte]] an [[quia]] audiverat, Tac. A. 4, 54: cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi [[causa]], Puteolos [[forte]] venissem, Cic. Planc. 26, 65: cum cenatum [[forte]] [[apud]] Vitellios esset, Liv. 2, 4, 5: ibi cum [[stipendium]] [[forte]] militibus daretur, id. 2, 12, 6: [[forte]] [[aspicio]] militem, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.: [[fit]] [[forte]] [[obviam]] mihi [[Phormio]], Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11: rus ut ibat [[forte]], id. ib. 63: [[forte]] ut assedi in [[stega]], Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44: lucernam [[forte]] [[oblitus]] fueram exstinguere, id. Most. 2, 2, 56: [[forte]] evenit, ut, etc., Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13: Tarenti ludi [[forte]] erant, Plaut. Men. prol. 29: erat [[forte]] brumae [[tempus]], Liv. 21, 54, 7: et [[pernox]] [[forte]] [[luna]] erat, id. 32, 11, 9: per eos [[forte]] [[dies]] [[consul]] copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit, i. e. it came to [[pass]] on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1: per eosdem [[forte]] [[dies]], etc., id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59: in locum tribuni [[plebis]] [[forte]] demortui candidatum se ostendit, Suet. Aug. 10. —So [[nearly]] = [[aliquando]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and [[post]] - Aug.): [[forte]] per angustam [[tenuis]] [[vulpecula]] rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29: ibam [[forte]] via sacra, id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7: [[forte]] [[quondam]] in disponendo [[mane]] [[die]] praedixerat, etc., Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., to [[denote]] [[uncertainty]], corresp. to the Gr. ἄν, [[perhaps]], [[perchance]], [[peradventure]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> In conditional and causal sentences.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With si: irae si quae [[forte]] eveniunt hujusmodi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60: si [[quis]] vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, [[forte]] miratur, etc., Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1: [[hicine]] vir [[usquam]], [[nisi]] in [[patria]], morietur? aut, si [[forte]], pro [[patria]]? id. Mil. 38, 104: si [[forte]] est domi, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6: si [[forte]] eos [[primus]] [[aspectus]] mundi conturbaverat, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90: si te Latina [[forte]] [[deficient]], id. Ac. 1, 7, 25: si qui me [[forte]] [[locus]] admonuerit, id. de Or. 3, 12, 47: si quae te [[forte]] res [[aliquando]] offenderit, id. Fam. 7, 17, 2: [[quod]] si [[forte]] ceciderint, id. Lael. 15, 53: si [[quando]], si [[forte]], [[tibi]] [[visus]] es irasci alicui, id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely [[forte]] si: [[forte]] si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc., Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49: ita [[demum]] [[novatio]] [[fit]] ... [[forte]] si [[condicio]] vel [[sponsor]] vel [[dies]] adiciatur, Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely [[with]] [[ellipsis]] of si: [[protinus]] [[Aeneas]] celeri certare [[sagitta]] invitat qui [[forte]] velint, i. e. si qui [[forte]] velint, Verg. A, 5, 485.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[nisi]] [[ironically]]: hoc te [[monitum]], [[nisi]] [[forte]] [[ipse]] non vis, volueram, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59: [[nemo]] [[fere]] saltat [[sobrius]], [[nisi]] [[forte]] insanit, Cic. Mur. 6, 13: propensior [[benignitas]] esse debebit in calamitosos, [[nisi]] [[forte]] erunt digni calamitate, id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat; [[nisi]] [[forte]] se intellexerit errasse, etc., id. ib. 1, 33, 120: negare hoc, [[nisi]] [[forte]] negare omnia constituisti, nullo [[modo]] potes, id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate; [[nisi]] [[memoria]] [[forte]] defecerit, id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In [[indirect]] locution [[with]] an inf.: [[nisi]] [[forte]] clarissimo cuique [[plures]] curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse, Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, [[unless]] [[indeed]], [[unless]] to be [[sure]]: Erucii [[criminatio]] tota, ut [[arbitror]], dissoluta est, [[nisi]] [[forte]] exspectatis, ut [[illa]] diluam, quae, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.: [[immo]] [[vero]] te audiamus, [[nisi]] [[forte]] [[Manilius]] [[interdictum]] aliquod [[inter]] duo soles putat esse componendum, id. Rep. 1, 13: ortum [[quidem]] amicitiae videtis [[nisi]] [[quid]] ad haec [[forte]] vultis, id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ne: ne [[quid]] animae [[forte]] amittat dormiens, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56: pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne [[forte]] [[tibi]] eveniat magnum [[malum]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21: qui [[metuo]], ne te [[forte]] flagitent, Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1: [[metuens]], ne [[forte]] [[deprehensus]] retraheretur, Liv. 2, 12, 4: comperisse me non [[audeo]] dicere, ne [[forte]] id ipsum [[verbum]] ponam, [[quod]], etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne [[forte]] hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely [[with]] ut non [[instead]] of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In relat. clauses ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[nisi]] si quispiamst Amphitruo [[alius]], qui [[forte]] te hic absente [[tamen]] tuam rem curet, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195: [[unus]] in hoc non est [[populo]], qui [[forte]] Latine reddere verba queat, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53: nam qui [[forte]] Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare, Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> In gen. ([[rare]]; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true [[read]]. is: in uno [[illo]] aut, si [[forte]], in liberis ejus manet [[gratia]], B. and K.; and in the [[corrupt]] [[passage]], id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: [[fortiter]] ac [[tempestive]]; Kayser, [[fortiter]] vel cum tempestate): [[quid]] si [[apud]] te veniat de [[subito]] [[prandium]] aut [[potatio]] Forte, aut [[cena]], Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47: [[neque]] [[solum]] [[alium]] pro [[alio]] pedem metrorum [[ratio]] non recipit, sed ne dactylum [[quidem]] aut [[forte]] spondeum alterum pro altero, Quint. 9, 4, 49: [[sive]] non trino [[forte]] [[nundino]] promulgata, [[sive]] non idoneo [[die]], etc., id. 2, 4, 35: ut sciant, an ad probandum id [[quod]] intendimus [[forte]] respondeant, id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu [[licet]] uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam [[forte]] aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74: [[forte]] [[quid]] expediat, [[communiter]] aut [[melior]] [[pars]] [[Malis]] carere quaeritis laboribus, [[what]] [[may]] [[perhaps]] be of [[some]] [[use]], Hor. Epod. 16, 15: alii nulli rem obligatam esse [[quam]] [[forte]] Lucio Titio, [[than]] for [[instance]], Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.
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