"sive" meaning in Latin

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Conjunction

IPA: [ˈsiː.wɛ] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsiː.ve] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: sīve [canonical], seu [alternative]
Etymology: From older seive, from sei (“if”) + -ve (“or”). Equivalent to sī (“if”) + -ve (“or”). Collateral form seu by apocope. Etymology templates: {{affix|la|sei|-ve|t1=if|t2=or}} sei (“if”) + -ve (“or”), {{affix|la|sī|-ve|t1=if|t2=or}} sī (“if”) + -ve (“or”) Head templates: {{head|la|conjunction|head=sīve}} sīve
  1. on the other hand; but if
    Sense id: en-sive-la-conj-VlmE-vfL Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 0
  2. or
    Sense id: en-sive-la-conj-cXVRejcL
  3. whether … or … (sive … sive …)
    Sense id: en-sive-la-conj-fchG-nMV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -ve Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ve: 0 0 0
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nēve"
    },
    {
      "word": "neu"
    }
  ],
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
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        "2": "sī",
        "3": "-ve",
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      },
      "expansion": "sī (“if”) + -ve (“or”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From older seive, from sei (“if”) + -ve (“or”). Equivalent to sī (“if”) + -ve (“or”). Collateral form seu by apocope.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sīve",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "sīve"
      },
      "expansion": "sīve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "on the other hand; but if"
      ],
      "id": "en-sive-la-conj-VlmE-vfL"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "god or nature",
          "ref": "1677, Baruch Spinoza, Ethics:",
          "text": "deus sive natura",
          "translation": "god or nature",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              21
            ],
            [
              38,
              40
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays",
          "ref": "1731, Johann Jakob Brucker, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
          "text": "Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum Triga",
          "translation": "Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ],
      "id": "en-sive-la-conj-cXVRejcL"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whether … or … (sive … sive …)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sive-la-conj-fchG-nMV",
      "links": [
        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ],
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsiː.wɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsiː.ve]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sive"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nēve"
    },
    {
      "word": "neu"
    }
  ],
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    "Latin conjunctions",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -ve",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sei",
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        "t1": "if",
        "t2": "or"
      },
      "expansion": "sei (“if”) + -ve (“or”)",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sī",
        "3": "-ve",
        "t1": "if",
        "t2": "or"
      },
      "expansion": "sī (“if”) + -ve (“or”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From older seive, from sei (“if”) + -ve (“or”). Equivalent to sī (“if”) + -ve (“or”). Collateral form seu by apocope.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sīve",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "sīve"
      },
      "expansion": "sīve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "on the other hand; but if"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "god or nature",
          "ref": "1677, Baruch Spinoza, Ethics:",
          "text": "deus sive natura",
          "translation": "god or nature",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              21
            ],
            [
              38,
              40
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays",
          "ref": "1731, Johann Jakob Brucker, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
          "text": "Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum Triga",
          "translation": "Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whether … or … (sive … sive …)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ],
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsiː.wɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsiː.ve]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sive"
}

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