tamen etsi

Latin

Alternative forms

• tamenetsi, tamen et si
• Note: usually written as two separate words.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ta.meˈnet siː/, [t̪ämɛˈnɛt̪ s̠iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ta.meˈnet si/, [t̪ämeˈnɛt̪ siː]
• Note: unlike in tametsī, the graphic m does represent the bilabial nasal /m/.

Conjunction

tamen etsī

1. (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 (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “etsi tamen etsi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• etsi tamen etsi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.