etsi

See also: ETSI and ét-sì

Finnish

Verb

etsi

1. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular past indicative of etsiä
2. (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative of etsiä
3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of etsiä
4. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of etsiä

Anagrams

• -itse, esti, itse, itse-, seit, ties

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Latin

Etymology

From Latin et (“even”) + sī (“if”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈet.siː/, [ˈɛt̪s̠iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈet.si/, [ˈɛt̪si]

Conjunction

etsī

1. though, although, even if, yet.
   • 52 BCE, Cicero, Pro Milone 1.1:

     Etsi vereor, iudices...

     Although I fear, judges...

References

• “etsi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “etsi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• etsi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.