forsan
Ἐξ ἡδονῆς γὰρ φύεται τὸ δυστυχεῖν → Nempe est voluptas mater infortunii → Denn aus der Lust erwächst des Unheils Missgeschick
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fors-an: adv. ellipt. for fors sit an; v. fors, II. A. and forsitan, and cf. fortan and fortassean,
I perhaps, perchance, peradventure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): me miseram, forsan hic mihi parvam habeat fidem, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117; Lucr. 6, 729: forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit, Verg. A. 1, 203; forsan miseros meliora sequentur, id. ib. 12, 153: huic uni forsan potui succumbere culpae, id. ib. 4, 19: et mihi forsan tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora, Hor. C. 2, 16, 31: pernicies Tibi paratur, forsan et miserae mihi, Phaedr. 2, 4, 7: transierant binae forsan trinaeve Calendae, Mart. 10, 75, 7: quem decreto sermonem praetenderit, forsan aliquem verum auctores antiqui tradiderint, Liv. 3, 47, 5; 10, 39, 14: occurrat mihi forsan aliquis, Quint. 1, 5, 6; 12, 1, 31; Col. 3, 9, 1: et tu forsan audire nolis, Curt. 3, 2 (dub. v. Zumpt ad Curt. 3, 5, 11).—In law Lat., as for example, for instance, Dig. 48, 5, 34, § 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
forsăn,¹¹ adv., peut-être, par chance, par aventure : *Ter. Eun. 197 ; Lucr. 6, 729 ; Virg. En. 1, 203, etc. ; Hor. O. 2, 16, 31 ; Liv. 3, 47, 5 ; 10, 39, 14 ; Quint. 1, 5, 6 ; 12, 1, 31.
Latin > German (Georges)
forsan (in Handschr., Glossen u. Not. Tir. 10, 49 auch forsam), Adv. (eig. fors an), etwa, Lucr., Liv. u.a. Vgl. Krebs-Schmalz Antib.7 1, 603.
Latin > English
forsan ADV :: perhaps
