forsan
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin forsan.
Adverb
forsan
- perhaps, maybe
- Forsan il venos, forsan no.
- Maybe he went, maybe he didn't.
Synonyms
- posible (“possibly”)
Antonyms
- certe (“certainly”)
Latin
Etymology
From ellipsis of fors (“chance”) sit (“be”, subjunctive) an (“whether”)
Adverb
forsan (not comparable)
- perhaps, perchance
Synonyms
- (perhaps): forsit, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis, forte
Related terms
- fors
- forsit
- forsitan
- fortasse
- fortassis
- forte
- fortuītō
- fortuītus
- fortūna
References
- forsan in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- forsan in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- forsan in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)