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{
"etymology_text": "From fors (“chance”) + sit (“be”, subjunctive) + an (“whether”).",
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},
"expansion": "forsitan (not comparable)",
"name": "la-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
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"examples": [
{
"english": "And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man,",
"ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Tobiae.3.19",
"text": "et aut ego indigna fui illis aut illi mihi forsitan digni non fuerunt quia forsitan viro alio conservasti me",
"translation": "And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man,",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"perhaps, perchance, maybe"
],
"id": "en-forsitan-la-adv-5uZT~pG2",
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],
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"perchance"
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"maybe",
"maybe"
]
],
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"word": "fors"
},
{
"word": "forsan"
},
{
"word": "forsit"
},
{
"word": "fortāsse"
},
{
"word": "fortāssis"
},
{
"word": "forte"
},
{
"word": "fortuītō"
},
{
"word": "fortuītus"
},
{
"word": "fortūna"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "forsan"
},
{
"word": "forsit"
},
{
"word": "fortāsse"
},
{
"word": "fortāssis"
},
{
"word": "forte"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɔr.sɪ.tan]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɔr.si.tan]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "forsitan"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From fors (“chance”) + sit (“be”, subjunctive) + an (“whether”).",
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},
"expansion": "forsitan (not comparable)",
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],
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adv",
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"word": "forsan"
},
{
"word": "forsit"
},
{
"word": "fortāsse"
},
{
"word": "fortāssis"
},
{
"word": "forte"
},
{
"word": "fortuītō"
},
{
"word": "fortuītus"
},
{
"word": "fortūna"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin adverbs",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with quotations",
"Latin uncomparable adverbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man,",
"ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Tobiae.3.19",
"text": "et aut ego indigna fui illis aut illi mihi forsitan digni non fuerunt quia forsitan viro alio conservasti me",
"translation": "And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man,",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"perhaps, perchance, maybe"
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"maybe"
]
],
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"word": "forsan"
},
{
"word": "forsit"
},
{
"word": "fortāsse"
},
{
"word": "fortāssis"
},
{
"word": "forte"
}
],
"tags": [
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
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"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɔr.si.tan]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "forsitan"
}
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