"si" meaning in Latin

See si in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /siː/ [Classical], [s̠iː] [Classical], /si/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [siː] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: sī [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”) used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”); this older meaning is preserved in Latin sīc as well as in the oath sī dīs placet, cf. English so help me God. Related to Old English sē (“he, that”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*sei||so, thus}} Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*só||this, that}} Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”), {{cog|la|sic|sīc}} Latin sīc, {{m|la|si dis placet|sī dīs placet}} sī dīs placet, {{m+|ang|sē||he, that}} Old English sē (“he, that”) Head templates: {{head|la|conjunctions|head=sī}} sī
  1. if, supposing that
    Sense id: en-si-la-conj-gBGssPGx
  2. whether (when a verb of seeing or trying is the main verb in the apodosis; or when sī is used twice correlatively)
    Sense id: en-si-la-conj-yf3N3DY4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Latin links with redundant target parameters: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sei [standard]
Derived forms: sīc (english: so, thus), sīcut (english: as), sīs (english: if you will), sīve (english: disjunctive sī), seu (english: disjunctive sī), sōdēs (english: if you will), ac sī (english: just as if), nisi (english: unless), quasi (english: as if, like), sī(n) aliter (english: if otherwise), sī dīs placet (english: expr. of indignant surprise), sīcubi (english: if anywhere), sīcunde (english: if from anywhere), sīn (english: if however), sī mē amās (english: please), sī minus (english: if not), sī modo (english: provided that), sī nōn (english: if not), sī̆ quandō (english: if ever), sī̆ quidem (english: if/since indeed), sī quis (english: if anybody/anything), sī quid (english: if anybody/anything), sī vīs (english: if you like), sī vīvō (english: as sure as I'm alive), sī nōndum (english: if not yet)

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "so, thus",
      "word": "sīc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "as",
      "word": "sīcut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if you will",
      "word": "sīs"
    },
    {
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      "english": "disjunctive sī",
      "word": "sīve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "disjunctive sī",
      "word": "seu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if you will",
      "word": "sōdēs"
    },
    {
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      "word": "ac sī"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "word": "sī(n) aliter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "sī dīs placet"
    },
    {
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      "word": "sīcubi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "sīcunde"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if however",
      "word": "sīn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "please",
      "word": "sī mē amās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "sī modo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if not",
      "word": "sī nōn"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "sī̆ quidem"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if anybody/anything",
      "word": "sī quis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if anybody/anything",
      "word": "sī quid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if you like",
      "word": "sī vīs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "as sure as I'm alive",
      "word": "sī vīvō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if not yet",
      "word": "sī nōndum"
    }
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      "text": "French: si"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "m+"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sī",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.",
          "text": "Sī versūs hōrum duōrum poētārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "if, supposing that"
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      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
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        [
          "supposing",
          "supposing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "whether... or",
          "text": "sī... sī",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "whether (when a verb of seeing or trying is the main verb in the apodosis; or when sī is used twice correlatively)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/siː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s̠iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[siː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Republican spelling"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ],
      "word": "sei"
    }
  ],
  "word": "si"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin conjunctions",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "zom:Bodily fluids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "so, thus",
      "word": "sīc"
    },
    {
      "english": "as",
      "word": "sīcut"
    },
    {
      "english": "if you will",
      "word": "sīs"
    },
    {
      "english": "disjunctive sī",
      "word": "sīve"
    },
    {
      "english": "disjunctive sī",
      "word": "seu"
    },
    {
      "english": "if you will",
      "word": "sōdēs"
    },
    {
      "english": "just as if",
      "word": "ac sī"
    },
    {
      "english": "unless",
      "word": "nisi"
    },
    {
      "english": "as if, like",
      "word": "quasi"
    },
    {
      "english": "if otherwise",
      "word": "sī(n) aliter"
    },
    {
      "english": "expr. of indignant surprise",
      "word": "sī dīs placet"
    },
    {
      "english": "if anywhere",
      "word": "sīcubi"
    },
    {
      "english": "if from anywhere",
      "word": "sīcunde"
    },
    {
      "english": "if however",
      "word": "sīn"
    },
    {
      "english": "please",
      "word": "sī mē amās"
    },
    {
      "english": "if not",
      "word": "sī minus"
    },
    {
      "english": "provided that",
      "word": "sī modo"
    },
    {
      "english": "if not",
      "word": "sī nōn"
    },
    {
      "english": "if ever",
      "word": "sī̆ quandō"
    },
    {
      "english": "if/since indeed",
      "word": "sī̆ quidem"
    },
    {
      "english": "if anybody/anything",
      "word": "sī quis"
    },
    {
      "english": "if anybody/anything",
      "word": "sī quid"
    },
    {
      "english": "if you like",
      "word": "sī vīs"
    },
    {
      "english": "as sure as I'm alive",
      "word": "sī vīvō"
    },
    {
      "english": "if not yet",
      "word": "sī nōndum"
    }
  ],
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        }
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      "text": "Franco-Provençal: se"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "expansion": "Guinea-Bissau Creole: si",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Guinea-Bissau Creole: si"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Romansch: sche"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Sicilian: si"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: si"
    }
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        "5": "so, thus"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”)",
      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”)",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "sī dīs placet"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "he, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sē (“he, that”)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”) used in parataxis, likely via the meaning \"in this\" as the locative singular of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”); this older meaning is preserved in Latin sīc as well as in the oath sī dīs placet, cf. English so help me God. Related to Old English sē (“he, that”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sī",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "conjunctions",
        "head": "sī"
      },
      "expansion": "sī",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.",
          "text": "Sī versūs hōrum duōrum poētārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if, supposing that"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ],
        [
          "supposing",
          "supposing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "whether... or",
          "text": "sī... sī",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whether (when a verb of seeing or trying is the main verb in the apodosis; or when sī is used twice correlatively)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s̠iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[siː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Republican spelling"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ],
      "word": "sei"
    }
  ],
  "word": "si"
}

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