etsī
Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch:
et-sī, Konjunktion
I)wenn auch (Gegensatz tamen, at, attamen, certe, at certe, saltem, verum tamen, tamen nihilominus)Plaut.Ter.Cic.Caes.und andere
bei Adjektiven und Substantiven mit folgendem tamen, at, certe
etsi conferre manum pudor iraque monstrat, obiciunt portas tamen etc.Verg.
etsi nihil habet in se gloria cur expetatur, tamen virtutem tamquam umbra sequiturCic.
superbiae crudelitatique etsi seras, non leves tamen venire poenasLiv.
atque ei, etsi nequaquam parem illius ingenio, at pro nostro tamen studio meritam gratiam debitamque referamusCic.
etsi non sapientissimi, at amicissimi hominis auctoritateCic.
cuius necis etsi non auctor, at conscius fuitSuet.
II)wiewohl, gleichwohl, besonders in parenthetischen Sätzen
vale atque salve; etsi aliter ut dicam meresPlaut.
do poenas temeritatis meae; etsi quae fuit ista temeritas?Cic.
Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary:
et-sī, conjunction
I)Introducing a concession, though, although, albeit
Etsi scio ego meum ius esse ... ego tamen, etc.Ter.
etsi non iniquum est, tamen est inusitatumCic.
etsi aliquo accepto detrimento, tamen, etc.Caes.
etsi nihil aliud abstulissetis, tamen oportebat, etc.Cic.
etsi priore foedere staretur, satis cautum eratLiv.
id etsi antea iam consecratum esset, tamen tum se dare, etc., although, as he pretended, etc.Cic.
etsi non iniquum certe triste senatūs consultum factum estLiv.
II)Introducing a correction or limitation, although, and yet, but, though I know that
virtutem si unam amiserisCic.
etsi amitti non potest virtus, sed si, etc.
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