etiam
Interlingua
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
etiam
Latin
Etymology
From et (“and, also”) + iam (“now, already”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈe.ti.am/, [ˈɛt̪iä̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈet.t͡si.am/, [ˈɛt̪ː͡s̪iäm]
Audio (classical): (file)
Adverb
etiam (not comparable)
- annexes a fact or thought to that which has already been said:
- (in general) and also, and furthermore, also, likewise, besides
- (in particular):
- (to annex a more important idea) and even, nay, even
- (with the demonstrative notion of the iam predominating, used as an affirmative) certainly, granted, by all means, yes indeed, yes
- (with the idea of time predominating) yet, as yet, even yet, still, even now
- (in familiar language, in interrogations, especially when made indignantly) akin to what? pray?
- (in familiar language, with imperatives) again, once more
- in impatient questions
Synonyms
- (in general: and also, too): quoque
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ĕtĭam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “etiam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- etiam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- more than once; repeatedly: semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam
- to entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests: magno opere, vehementer, etiam atque etiam rogare aliquem
- there is this also to notice: atque etiam hoc animadvertendum est
- more than once; repeatedly: semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam
- etiam in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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