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|lshtext=<b>fortassē</b>: (also [[fortassis]], [[but]] [[rarely]], and not in Caes.; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 86; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 20; Cic. Clu. 52, 144 Klotz, B. and K.; 71, 201 B. and K.; Hor. S. 1, 4, 131; 2, 7, 40; Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82; 27, 12, 77, § 102; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 63; Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 5; 11, 7, 14, § 9), adv. [[forte]] an; cf.: [[forsan]], [[fortan]],<br /><b>I</b> [[perhaps]], [[peradventure]], [[probably]], [[possibly]]: nescis tu [[fortasse]], [[apud]] nos [[facinus]] [[quod]] natum est novum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 10: dicam me [[hercule]], et contemnar a te [[fortasse]], cum tu, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 19; 2, 34: in quo (genere) esse videbuntur [[fortasse]] [[angustiae]], id. ib. 3, 33: [[fortasse]] dices: Quid [[ergo]]? id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 40: requiretur [[fortasse]] [[nunc]], [[quemadmodum]], etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22: quaeret [[fortassis]] [[quispiam]], displiceatur mihi, etc., id. Clu. 52, 144: [[fortasse]] dixerit [[quispiam]], id. de Sen. 3, 8 (for [[which]]: [[forsitan]] [[quispiam]] dixerit, id. Off. 3, 6, 29): sed haec longiora [[fortasse]] fuerunt [[quam]] [[necesse]], fuit, id. Fam. 6, 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 7, 3 fin.: sustines [[enim]] non parvam exspectationem imitandae industriae nostrae, magnam honorum, nonnullam [[fortasse]] nominis, id. Off. 3, 2, 6: poterimus [[fortasse]] dicere, id. Or. 5, 19: [[quod]] [[tamen]] [[fortasse]] non nollem, id. Fam. 2, 16, 2; cf.: L. [[Lucullus]], qui [[tamen]] [[aliqua]] ex parte iis incommodis mederi [[fortasse]] potuisset, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 26: puerum, [[inquies]], et [[fortasse]] fatuum, id. Att. 6, 6, 2; cf.: otioso et loquaci et [[fortasse]] docto [[atque]] erudito, id. de Or. 1, 22, 102.—With sed: praeclaram illam [[quidem]] [[fortasse]], sed a [[vita]] hominum abhorrentem, Cic. Rep. 2, 11; cf.: Marso [[fortasse]], sed Romano facillimus, id. Div. 2, 33, 70; 2, 22, 50; id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30.—With [[nisi]] (for [[nisi]] [[forte]]): tu hoc: [[alius]] [[fortasse]], [[quod]] in animadversione poenaque durior, [[nisi]] [[fortasse]] utrumque tu, id. ad Brut. 1, 15, 3.—With sed [[tamen]], Plaut. As. 2, 4, 86; Cic. Rep. 2, 33; id. Off. 3, 21, 82; id. Sest. 5, 12.—With [[verum]] [[tamen]], Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; id. Arch. 11, 28. —With [[quidem]]: id nos [[fortasse]] non perfecimus, conati [[quidem]] saepissime sumus, Cic. Or. 62, 210; so id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41: res [[enim]] [[fortasse]] verae, [[certe]] graves, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In Plaut. and Ter. ellipt., [[like]] [[fors]], [[with]] a [[subject]]-[[clause]]: [[fortasse]] te illum mirari cocum, Quod venit [[atque]] haec attulit, it [[may]] be [[that]], [[perhaps]], Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 42; id. As. 1, 1, 24; id. Ep. 2, 2, 111; id. Poen. 5, 2, 44; id. Truc. 3, 2, 12; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 33; cf.: sic [[Plautus]]: Fortasse ted [[amare]] suspicarier. Nam veteres infinitivo [[modo]] adjungebant [[fortasse]], [[Don]]. Ter. 1, 1; cf. ellipt. [[use]]: Q. unum illud mihi videris imitari, orationis [[genus]]. M. Velle [[fortasse]]; [[quis]] [[enim]] id potest imitari? Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Ironically (cf. [[forte]], 2, a. β and Gr. [[ἴσως]]>): Ch. Prorsum [[nihil]] [[intellego]]. Sy. Hui, [[tardus]] es. Ch. Fortasse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 29: sed ego [[fortasse]] [[vaticinor]], et haec omnia meliores habebunt [[exitus]] ... eos ego [[fortasse]] [[nunc]] [[imitor]], Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 6; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 90.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> In designating numbers, [[about]] (in Cic. [[usually]] placed [[after]] the [[numeral]]): elegit ex multis Isocratis libris [[triginta]] [[fortasse]] [[versus]] [[Hieronymus]], Cic. Or. 56, 190: Q. [[Pompeius]] biennio [[quam]] nos [[fortasse]] major, id. Brut. 68, 240: HS. D. milia [[fortasse]], id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118: fuimus una horas duas [[fortasse]], id. Att. 7, 4, 2: [[fortasse]] [[circiter]] [[triennium]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 79: mercaris agrum, [[fortasse]] trecentis, aut [[etiam]] [[supra]], nummorum milibus emptum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 164.
|lshtext=<b>fortassē</b>: (also [[fortassis]], [[but]] [[rarely]], and not in Caes.; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 86; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 20; Cic. Clu. 52, 144 Klotz, B. and K.; 71, 201 B. and K.; Hor. S. 1, 4, 131; 2, 7, 40; Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82; 27, 12, 77, § 102; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 63; Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 5; 11, 7, 14, § 9), adv. [[forte]] an; cf.: [[forsan]], [[fortan]],<br /><b>I</b> [[perhaps]], [[peradventure]], [[probably]], [[possibly]]: nescis tu [[fortasse]], [[apud]] nos [[facinus]] [[quod]] natum est novum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 10: dicam me [[hercule]], et contemnar a te [[fortasse]], cum tu, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 19; 2, 34: in quo (genere) esse videbuntur [[fortasse]] [[angustiae]], id. ib. 3, 33: [[fortasse]] dices: Quid [[ergo]]? id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 40: requiretur [[fortasse]] [[nunc]], [[quemadmodum]], etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22: quaeret [[fortassis]] [[quispiam]], displiceatur mihi, etc., id. Clu. 52, 144: [[fortasse]] dixerit [[quispiam]], id. de Sen. 3, 8 (for [[which]]: [[forsitan]] [[quispiam]] dixerit, id. Off. 3, 6, 29): sed haec longiora [[fortasse]] fuerunt [[quam]] [[necesse]], fuit, id. Fam. 6, 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 7, 3 fin.: sustines [[enim]] non parvam exspectationem imitandae industriae nostrae, magnam honorum, nonnullam [[fortasse]] nominis, id. Off. 3, 2, 6: poterimus [[fortasse]] dicere, id. Or. 5, 19: [[quod]] [[tamen]] [[fortasse]] non nollem, id. Fam. 2, 16, 2; cf.: L. [[Lucullus]], qui [[tamen]] [[aliqua]] ex parte iis incommodis mederi [[fortasse]] potuisset, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 26: puerum, [[inquies]], et [[fortasse]] fatuum, id. Att. 6, 6, 2; cf.: otioso et loquaci et [[fortasse]] docto [[atque]] erudito, id. de Or. 1, 22, 102.—With sed: praeclaram illam [[quidem]] [[fortasse]], sed a [[vita]] hominum abhorrentem, Cic. Rep. 2, 11; cf.: Marso [[fortasse]], sed Romano facillimus, id. Div. 2, 33, 70; 2, 22, 50; id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30.—With [[nisi]] (for [[nisi]] [[forte]]): tu hoc: [[alius]] [[fortasse]], [[quod]] in animadversione poenaque durior, [[nisi]] [[fortasse]] utrumque tu, id. ad Brut. 1, 15, 3.—With sed [[tamen]], Plaut. As. 2, 4, 86; Cic. Rep. 2, 33; id. Off. 3, 21, 82; id. Sest. 5, 12.—With [[verum]] [[tamen]], Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; id. Arch. 11, 28. —With [[quidem]]: id nos [[fortasse]] non perfecimus, conati [[quidem]] saepissime sumus, Cic. Or. 62, 210; so id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41: res [[enim]] [[fortasse]] verae, [[certe]] graves, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In Plaut. and Ter. ellipt., [[like]] [[fors]], [[with]] a [[subject]]-[[clause]]: [[fortasse]] te illum mirari cocum, Quod venit [[atque]] haec attulit, it [[may]] be [[that]], [[perhaps]], Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 42; id. As. 1, 1, 24; id. Ep. 2, 2, 111; id. Poen. 5, 2, 44; id. Truc. 3, 2, 12; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 33; cf.: sic [[Plautus]]: Fortasse ted [[amare]] suspicarier. Nam veteres infinitivo [[modo]] adjungebant [[fortasse]], [[Don]]. Ter. 1, 1; cf. ellipt. [[use]]: Q. unum illud mihi videris imitari, orationis [[genus]]. M. Velle [[fortasse]]; [[quis]] [[enim]] id potest imitari? Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Ironically (cf. [[forte]], 2, a. β and Gr. [[ἴσως]]): Ch. Prorsum [[nihil]] [[intellego]]. Sy. Hui, [[tardus]] es. Ch. Fortasse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 29: sed ego [[fortasse]] [[vaticinor]], et haec omnia meliores habebunt [[exitus]] ... eos ego [[fortasse]] [[nunc]] [[imitor]], Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 6; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 90.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> In designating numbers, [[about]] (in Cic. [[usually]] placed [[after]] the [[numeral]]): elegit ex multis Isocratis libris [[triginta]] [[fortasse]] [[versus]] [[Hieronymus]], Cic. Or. 56, 190: Q. [[Pompeius]] biennio [[quam]] nos [[fortasse]] major, id. Brut. 68, 240: HS. D. milia [[fortasse]], id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118: fuimus una horas duas [[fortasse]], id. Att. 7, 4, 2: [[fortasse]] [[circiter]] [[triennium]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 79: mercaris agrum, [[fortasse]] trecentis, aut [[etiam]] [[supra]], nummorum milibus emptum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 164.
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|gf=<b>fortassĕ</b>,⁸ adv., peut-être bien, il se pourrait : [[fortasse]] dixerit [[quispiam]]... Cic. CM 8, on pourrait peut-être [[dire]]... &#124;&#124; à peu près : [[triginta]] [[fortasse]] [[versus]] Cic. Or. 130, peut-être trente vers, une trentaine de vers, cf. Cic. Br. 240 ; Verr. 2, 3, 118 ; Att. 7, 4, 2.||à peu près : [[triginta]] [[fortasse]] [[versus]] Cic. Or. 130, peut-être trente vers, une trentaine de vers, cf. Cic. Br. 240 ; Verr. 2, 3, 118 ; Att. 7, 4, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=fortāsse, Adv. ([[fors]]), [[vielleicht]], [[hoffentlich]], [[wohl]], [[etwa]], [[möglich]] od. kann [[sein]], daß, sollte, [[ich]] denke, a) [[bei]] Verben: dolent [[fortasse]] et anguntur, Cic.: beim Coniunctiv, [[fortasse]] dixerit [[quispiam]], Cic.: im Zshg. beim Infin., s. [[Cic]]. de legg. 2, 17: beim Acc. u. Infin., s. [[Ter]]. Hec. 313. – b) [[bei]] Adjektiven u. Adverbien: [[res]] f. verae, certae, graves, Cic.: [[incondite]] f., Cic. – c) [[bei]] [[Zahlen]] = [[etwa]], [[ungefähr]], [[triginta]] [[fortasse]] [[versus]], Cic.: [[aper]] f. trecentis [[auf]] [[etiam]] [[supra]] nummorum milibus [[emptus]], Hor. – d) absol.: Syr. Vah [[tardus]] es. Chr. [[fortasse]], Ter.
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|lnztxt=fortasse, fortassean. ''adv''. :: [[或者]]
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Latest revision as of 19:25, 12 June 2024

Latin > English

fortasse ADV :: perhaps, possibly; it may be

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fortassē: (also fortassis, but rarely, and not in Caes.; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 86; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 20; Cic. Clu. 52, 144 Klotz, B. and K.; 71, 201 B. and K.; Hor. S. 1, 4, 131; 2, 7, 40; Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82; 27, 12, 77, § 102; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 63; Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 5; 11, 7, 14, § 9), adv. forte an; cf.: forsan, fortan,
I perhaps, peradventure, probably, possibly: nescis tu fortasse, apud nos facinus quod natum est novum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 10: dicam me hercule, et contemnar a te fortasse, cum tu, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 19; 2, 34: in quo (genere) esse videbuntur fortasse angustiae, id. ib. 3, 33: fortasse dices: Quid ergo? id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 40: requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodum, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22: quaeret fortassis quispiam, displiceatur mihi, etc., id. Clu. 52, 144: fortasse dixerit quispiam, id. de Sen. 3, 8 (for which: forsitan quispiam dixerit, id. Off. 3, 6, 29): sed haec longiora fortasse fuerunt quam necesse, fuit, id. Fam. 6, 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 7, 3 fin.: sustines enim non parvam exspectationem imitandae industriae nostrae, magnam honorum, nonnullam fortasse nominis, id. Off. 3, 2, 6: poterimus fortasse dicere, id. Or. 5, 19: quod tamen fortasse non nollem, id. Fam. 2, 16, 2; cf.: L. Lucullus, qui tamen aliqua ex parte iis incommodis mederi fortasse potuisset, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 26: puerum, inquies, et fortasse fatuum, id. Att. 6, 6, 2; cf.: otioso et loquaci et fortasse docto atque erudito, id. de Or. 1, 22, 102.—With sed: praeclaram illam quidem fortasse, sed a vita hominum abhorrentem, Cic. Rep. 2, 11; cf.: Marso fortasse, sed Romano facillimus, id. Div. 2, 33, 70; 2, 22, 50; id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30.—With nisi (for nisi forte): tu hoc: alius fortasse, quod in animadversione poenaque durior, nisi fortasse utrumque tu, id. ad Brut. 1, 15, 3.—With sed tamen, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 86; Cic. Rep. 2, 33; id. Off. 3, 21, 82; id. Sest. 5, 12.—With verum tamen, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; id. Arch. 11, 28. —With quidem: id nos fortasse non perfecimus, conati quidem saepissime sumus, Cic. Or. 62, 210; so id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41: res enim fortasse verae, certe graves, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
   b In Plaut. and Ter. ellipt., like fors, with a subject-clause: fortasse te illum mirari cocum, Quod venit atque haec attulit, it may be that, perhaps, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 42; id. As. 1, 1, 24; id. Ep. 2, 2, 111; id. Poen. 5, 2, 44; id. Truc. 3, 2, 12; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 33; cf.: sic Plautus: Fortasse ted amare suspicarier. Nam veteres infinitivo modo adjungebant fortasse, Don. Ter. 1, 1; cf. ellipt. use: Q. unum illud mihi videris imitari, orationis genus. M. Velle fortasse; quis enim id potest imitari? Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17.—
   c Ironically (cf. forte, 2, a. β and Gr. ἴσως): Ch. Prorsum nihil intellego. Sy. Hui, tardus es. Ch. Fortasse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 29: sed ego fortasse vaticinor, et haec omnia meliores habebunt exitus ... eos ego fortasse nunc imitor, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 6; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 90.—
   d In designating numbers, about (in Cic. usually placed after the numeral): elegit ex multis Isocratis libris triginta fortasse versus Hieronymus, Cic. Or. 56, 190: Q. Pompeius biennio quam nos fortasse major, id. Brut. 68, 240: HS. D. milia fortasse, id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118: fuimus una horas duas fortasse, id. Att. 7, 4, 2: fortasse circiter triennium, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 79: mercaris agrum, fortasse trecentis, aut etiam supra, nummorum milibus emptum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 164.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

fortassĕ,⁸ adv., peut-être bien, il se pourrait : fortasse dixerit quispiam... Cic. CM 8, on pourrait peut-être dire... || à peu près : triginta fortasse versus Cic. Or. 130, peut-être trente vers, une trentaine de vers, cf. Cic. Br. 240 ; Verr. 2, 3, 118 ; Att. 7, 4, 2.

Latin > German (Georges)

fortāsse, Adv. (fors), vielleicht, hoffentlich, wohl, etwa, möglich od. kann sein, daß, sollte, ich denke, a) bei Verben: dolent fortasse et anguntur, Cic.: beim Coniunctiv, fortasse dixerit quispiam, Cic.: im Zshg. beim Infin., s. Cic. de legg. 2, 17: beim Acc. u. Infin., s. Ter. Hec. 313. – b) bei Adjektiven u. Adverbien: res f. verae, certae, graves, Cic.: incondite f., Cic. – c) bei Zahlen = etwa, ungefähr, triginta fortasse versus, Cic.: aper f. trecentis auf etiam supra nummorum milibus emptus, Hor. – d) absol.: Syr. Vah tardus es. Chr. fortasse, Ter.

Latin > Chinese

fortasse, fortassean. adv. :: 或者