yet Copy link Outline I. As an adversative particle, in contrasts, transitions, etc.1. tămen2. vērum tămen or verun-tamen3. nĭhĭlōmĭnus (nevertheless)4. attămen (but y.)5. quanquam (and y., esp. in exceptions made by the speaker himself)6. etsi (though, in fact; to restrict)7. sed (but)8. at (chiefly after clauses with if)9. saltem (at least)II. Of time, or of degree1. ădhuc (up to this point)2. ĕtiam (even y., yet more)3. etiamnunc, or -num (even now) • yet: I. As an adversative particle, in contrasts, transitions, etc.: 1. tămen: though he is free from blame, yet is he not without suspicion, quamquam abest a culpa, suspicione t. non caret, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55: though the expectation be great, y. you will surpass it, quamvis exspectatio sit magna, t. eam vinces, id. Rep. 1, 23, 37: though I told you to come, y. I understand that you are of use where you are, licet tibi significarim ut venires, t. intelligo te istic prodesse, id. Att. 3, 12, 3: without a though, after an indicative clause; freq. with sed: it is difficult to do, but y. I will try, difficile factu est, sed conabor t., id. Rep. 1, 43, 66: with neque: and y. not: and y. these are not unornamental, neque t. illa non ornant, id. de Or. 2, 85, 347. 2. vērum tămen or verun-tamen: a foolish resolve, y. merciful, consilium stultum, verum tamen clemens, Cic. Verr. 5, 39, 101. 3. nĭhĭlōmĭnus (nevertheless): there was less cause for grief, but y. assuredly cause for punishment, minus dolendum fuit, sed puniendum certe n., Cic. Mil. 7, 19. 4. attămen (but y.): the change of place seemed to do me good, y. etc., visa est mihi loci mutatio profuisse, attamen., etc.: Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2. 5. quanquam (and y., esp. in exceptions made by the speaker himself): and y. what am I saying? q. quid loquor? Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22: and y. I should like to know, q. scire sane velim, id. N. D. 3, 16, 42. 6. etsi (though, in fact; to restrict): I suffer for my rashness; and y. what rashness was it? do poenas temeritatis meae; e. quae fuit illa temeritas? Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2. 7. sed (but): you have found me at leisure, y. more so from active toil than in mind, me otiosum nactus es, s. otiosiorem opera quam animo, Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14. 8. at (chiefly after clauses with if): if you despise mankind, y. expect that the gods are mindful of right and wrong, si genus humanum temnitis, at sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi, Virg. Aen. 1, 543: a state of our country, if not good, y. at least safe, status civitatis, si non bonus, at saltem certus, Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 2. 9. saltem (at least): if that cannot be, y. this can, si illud non licet, s. hoc licebit, Ter. Eun. 4., 2, 12. II. Of time, or of degree: still, further, etc. 1. ădhuc (up to this point): there is nothing y. for you to fear, nil adhuc est quod vereare, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 1: he found the king y. wavering, regem consecutus est fluctuantem a., Liv. 33, 49: if there is y. room for prayers, si quis a. precibus locus, Virg. Aen. 4, 319: with comparative (not thus in Cicero): this embassy is yet milder, haec legatio est a. lenior, Liv. 21, 18. 2. ĕtiam (even y., yet more): do you not y. know me well? non satis me pernosti e.? Ter. Andr. 3, 2., 23: because he has not y. given the minae, quia minas non e. dedit, Pl. Ps. 1, 3, 46: I beg of you y. this one thing, unum e. hoc vos oro, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 54: in minds there are y. greater varieties, in animis existunt majores etiam varietates, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107. 3. etiamnunc, or -num (even now): is the woman y. within? e. mulier intu'st? Pl. Merc. 4, 5, 14 (e. is usu. with present tenses). Phr.: not y., nondum: it is not y. a hundred and ten years since the law was passed, nondum centum et decem anni sunt quum lex lata est, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75 (nondum is of the non-existence or non-occurrence of a thing when something else exists or happens; or of the non-occurrence of what is yet expected to happen: whereas non with adhuc, etiam, is as yet not).