tamen etsi
Latin
Alternative forms
- tamenetsi, tamen et si
- Note: usually written as two separate words.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ta.meˈnet siː/, [t̪ämɛˈnɛt̪ s̠iː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ta.meˈnet si/, [t̪ɑmɛˈnɛt̪ si]
- Note: unlike in tametsī, the graphic m does represent the bilabial nasal /m/.
Conjunction
tamen etsī
- (emphatic) even if, even though
- Synonyms: tam etsī, tametsī
References
- “tamenetsī” on page 2099 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
- etsi tamen etsi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- etsi tamen etsi in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- etsi tamen etsi in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934