forsitan
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fors (“chance”) + sit (“be”, subjunctive) + an (“whether”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.si.tan/, [ˈfɔrs̠ɪt̪än]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.si.tan/, [ˈfɔrsit̪än]
Adverb[edit]
forsitan (not comparable)
Synonyms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “forsitan”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “forsitan”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- forsitan in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)