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|lshtext=<b>et-si</b>:<br /><b>I</b> conj. [et, II. H.], [[like]] [[etiamsi]], a concessive conditional [[particle]], [[though]], [[although]], [[albeit]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With indic.: [[gaudeo]], [[etsi]] [[nihil]] [[scio]], [[quod]] gaudeam, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 62: [[etsi]] [[scio]] ego, Philumena, [[meum]] jus esse ... ego [[tamen]], etc., Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 1: [[etsi]] abest [[maturitas]] aetatis, jam [[tamen]] personare aures ejus, etc., Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 3: [[ergo]], [[etsi]] conferre manum [[pudor]] iraque monstrat, Obiciunt portas [[tamen]], Verg. A. 9, 44 et saep.: [[vapulo]] [[hercle]] ego [[invitus]] [[tamen]], Etsi [[malum]] merui, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 16; cf. id. Rud. 5, 2, 63; so [[often]] followed by [[certe]], [[saltem]], [[verumtamen]], etc.: [[etsi]] [[aliqua]] [[culpa]] tenemur, a scelere [[certe]] liberati sumus, Cic. Marcell. 5, 13; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 60 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With subj.: [[etsi]] taceas, [[palam]] id [[quidem]] est, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 7; cf. id. Truc. 4, 3, 41: [[etsi]] cupidissime expetitum a me [[sit]], [[tamen]], etc., Cic. Att. 7, 3: [[etsi]] [[nihil]] aliud Sullae [[nisi]] consulatum abstulissetis, [[tamen]] eo vos contentos esse oportebat, id. Sull. 32, 90; Liv. 3, 8 fin. et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ellipt., [[without]] a [[verb]]: ei, [[etsi]] [[nequaquam]] parem illius ingenio, ut meritam gratiam referamus, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14: superbiae crudelitatique [[etsi]] seras, non leves [[tamen]] venire poenas, Liv. 3, 56; cf. id. 38, 41 ([[twice]]): [[etsi]] non iniquum [[certe]] [[triste]] [[senatus]] [[consultum]] [[factum]] est, id. 26, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Calig. 12; Tac. Or. 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[sometimes]] [[like]] [[quamquam]], to [[restrict]] or [[correct]] a [[preceding]] [[proposition]], [[although]], and [[yet]], [[but]], [[καίπερ]], [[καίτοι]]: [[vale]] [[atque]] [[salve]]: [[etsi]] [[aliter]] ut dicam meres, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 86: utram (conditionem) malis vide: [[etsi]] hoc [[consilium]] rectum esse [[scio]], Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 85: habet [[enim]] res deliberationem: [[etsi]] ex parte magna [[tibi]] [[assentior]], Cic. Att. 7, 3, 3; ib. 13, 41: do, do poenas temeritatis meae. Etsi quae fuit [[illa]] [[temeritas]]? id. ib. 9, 10, 2; cf. id. ib. 16, 7, 3: lectis tuis litteris admiratus [[equidem]] [[sum]], te, etc.: [[etsi]], [[quamvis]] non fueris [[suasor]] et [[impulsor]] profectionis meae, [[approbator]] [[certe]] fuisti, id. ib. § 2; cf.: [[quamquam]], [[etsi]], Liv. 21, 19, 4. Vid. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 600-609.

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|georg=et-sī, Coni., I) [[wenn]] [[auch]] (Ggstz. [[tamen]], at, [[attamen]], [[certe]], at [[certe]], [[saltem]], [[verum]] [[tamen]], [[tamen]] [[nihilominus]]), Plaut., Ter., Cic., Caes. u.a. – [[bei]] Adjj. u. Substst. m. folg. [[tamen]], at, [[certe]], zB. [[etsi]] conferre manum [[pudor]] iraque monstrat, obiciunt portas [[tamen]] etc., Verg.: [[etsi]] [[nihil]] habet in se [[gloria]] [[cur]] expetatur, [[tamen]] virtutem [[tamquam]] [[umbra]] sequitur, Cic.: superbiae crudelitatique [[etsi]] seras, [[non]] leves [[tamen]] venire poenas, Liv.: [[atque]] ei, [[etsi]] [[nequaquam]] parem illius ingenio, at [[pro]] nostro [[tamen]] studio meritam gratiam debitamque referamus, Cic.: [[etsi]] [[non]] sapientissimi, at amicissimi hominis auctoritate, Cic.: [[cuius]] [[necis]] [[etsi]] [[non]] [[auctor]], at [[conscius]] fuit, Suet. – II) [[wiewohl]], [[gleichwohl]], [[bes]]. in parenthet. Sätzen, [[vale]] [[atque]] [[salve]]; [[etsi]] [[aliter]] ut dicam meres, Plaut.: do poenas temeritatis meae; [[etsi]] [[quae]] fuit ista [[temeritas]]? Cic.

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