quodsi

Latin

Etymology

quod (relative adverb) +‎ sī (conjunction)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷod.siː/, [ˈkʷɔs̠ːiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwod.si/, [ˈkwɔd̪si]

Conjunction

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

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

References

• “quodnisi, quodquoniam, quodsī” on page 1,566/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)