"si" meaning in Latin

See si in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈsiː/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠iː] [Classical-Latin], /ˈsi/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsiː] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: sī [canonical], sei [alternative], se [alternative]
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+|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, Latin links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Latin links with redundant target parameters: 12 88 Disambiguation of Latin links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ac sī (english: just as if), nisi (english: unless), quasi (english: as if, like), sī dīs placet (english: expr. of indignant surprise), sī mē amās (english: please), sī minus (english: if not), sī modo (english: provided that), sī nōn (english: if not), sī nōndum (english: if not yet), sī̆ quandō (english: if ever), sī̆ quidem (english: if/since indeed), sī quis, sī quid (english: if anybody/anything), sī vīs (english: if you like), sī vīvō (english: as sure as I'm alive), sīc (english: so, thus), sīcubi (english: if anywhere), sīcunde (english: if from anywhere), sīcut (english: as), sīn (english: if however), sī(n) aliter (english: if otherwise), sīs (english: if you will), sīve, seu (english: disjunctive sī), sōdēs (english: if you will)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "just as if",
      "word": "ac sī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "unless",
      "word": "nisi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "as if, like",
      "word": "quasi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "expr. of indignant surprise",
      "word": "sī dīs placet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "please",
      "word": "sī mē amās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if not",
      "word": "sī minus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "provided that",
      "word": "sī modo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if not",
      "word": "sī nōn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if not yet",
      "word": "sī nōndum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if ever",
      "word": "sī̆ quandō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if/since indeed",
      "word": "sī̆ quidem"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "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": "so, thus",
      "word": "sīc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if anywhere",
      "word": "sīcubi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if from anywhere",
      "word": "sīcunde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "as",
      "word": "sīcut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if however",
      "word": "sīn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if otherwise",
      "word": "sī(n) aliter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if you will",
      "word": "sīs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sīve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "disjunctive sī",
      "word": "seu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if you will",
      "word": "sōdēs"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: si"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "French: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pov",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Guinea-Bissau Creole: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Guinea-Bissau Creole: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kabuverdianu: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Papiamentu: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Papiamentu: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "să"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: să",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: să"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "sche"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: sche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: sche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: si"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*sei",
        "4": "",
        "5": "so, thus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*só",
        "4": "",
        "5": "this, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sic",
        "3": "sīc"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sīc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sē",
        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sei",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "conjunctions",
        "head": "sī"
      },
      "expansion": "sī",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "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"
        },
        {
          "english": "If you want peace, prepare for war.",
          "text": "Sī vis pacem, para bellum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if, supposing that"
      ],
      "id": "en-si-la-conj-gBGssPGx",
      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ],
        [
          "supposing",
          "supposing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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)"
      ],
      "id": "en-si-la-conj-yf3N3DY4",
      "links": [
        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsiː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "si"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin conjunctions",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
    "Latin links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 97 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zom:Bodily fluids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "just as if",
      "word": "ac sī"
    },
    {
      "english": "unless",
      "word": "nisi"
    },
    {
      "english": "as if, like",
      "word": "quasi"
    },
    {
      "english": "expr. of indignant surprise",
      "word": "sī dīs placet"
    },
    {
      "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 not yet",
      "word": "sī nōndum"
    },
    {
      "english": "if ever",
      "word": "sī̆ quandō"
    },
    {
      "english": "if/since indeed",
      "word": "sī̆ quidem"
    },
    {
      "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": "so, thus",
      "word": "sīc"
    },
    {
      "english": "if anywhere",
      "word": "sīcubi"
    },
    {
      "english": "if from anywhere",
      "word": "sīcunde"
    },
    {
      "english": "as",
      "word": "sīcut"
    },
    {
      "english": "if however",
      "word": "sīn"
    },
    {
      "english": "if otherwise",
      "word": "sī(n) aliter"
    },
    {
      "english": "if you will",
      "word": "sīs"
    },
    {
      "word": "sīve"
    },
    {
      "english": "disjunctive sī",
      "word": "seu"
    },
    {
      "english": "if you will",
      "word": "sōdēs"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "fr",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "French: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "se"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: se",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: se"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pov",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Guinea-Bissau Creole: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Guinea-Bissau Creole: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kabuverdianu: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Papiamentu: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Papiamentu: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "să"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: să",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: să"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "sche"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: sche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: sche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: si"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "si"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: si",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: si"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*sei",
        "4": "",
        "5": "so, thus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "*só",
        "4": "",
        "5": "this, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sic",
        "3": "sīc"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sīc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sē",
        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sei",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
        },
        {
          "english": "If you want peace, prepare for war.",
          "text": "Sī vis pacem, para bellum.",
          "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": "/ˈsiː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsiː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "si"
}

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