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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.

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