siremps

Latin

Alternative forms

• sirempse

Etymology

Univerbation of obscure make-up. The last element as in ipse; the first could be sī, originally meaning "in this", but if so we'd find the spelling sei in such an old legal formula, which we don't.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siːˈremps/, [s̠iːˈrɛmps̠] or IPA^(key): /siˈremps/, [s̠ɪˈrɛmps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈremps/, [siˈrɛmps]
• Note: the length of the /i/ has not been established.

Adverb

sī̆remps (not comparable)

1. (law, formulaic) in precisely the same way (usually followed by quasi sī)
   • 1940, Marcus Valerius Probus, J. Baviera (ed.), Fontes Juris Romani Antejustiniani 3.1:PHI Latin Texts

     Litterae singulārēs in iūre cīvīlī dē lēgibus et plēbīscītīs <et senātūs consultīs>. [...] S·R·L·R·I·C·Q·O·R·E  si rem<ps> lēx rē<s> ius causaque omnium rērum estō

     [...] Let the legal and judicial powers in all things hold good exactly as if

References

• “siremps” on page 1954 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

• “siremps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• siremps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.