quodsi

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Latin

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Etymology

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quod (relative adverb) +‎ (conjunction)

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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quodsī

  1. but if
    • Late 2nd Century CE, Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis, Metamorphoses of Apuleius V, 16:
      quodsi viri sui faciem ignorat...
      But if she does not know her own husband's appearance...
    • First 1st century BC, Cicero, De Inventione 1, 8:
      quodsi magnam in his Hermagoras habuisset facultatem studio et disciplina comparatam...
      But if Hermagoras had possessed exceptional skill in dealing with these subjects...
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?) [De legibus 1.48]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?) [Epistulæ ad Quintum fratrem 1.1.27]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?) [In Verrem actio 4.114]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Cornelius Fronto to this entry?) [Epistulæ ad Aurelium 1.p64 (42N)]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Lucretius to this entry?) [De Natura rerum 3.722]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pomponius Mela to this entry?) [De chorographia 1.54]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Plautus to this entry?) [Trinummus 217]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Propertius to this entry?) [Elegiæ 3.14.33]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Suetonius to this entry?) [Vita Julii Cæsaris 31.2]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Terence to this entry?) [Hautontimorumenos 724]

Usage notes

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  • Sometimes written as two words (as quod sī).

References

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