although Copy link Outline 1. etsi (i. e. even if; notwithstanding2. ĕtĭamsi (same constr. as etsi, but more emphatic)3. lĭcĕt (only hypothetical, and strictly a verb4. tămetsi or tămĕnetsi (= notwithstanding; of actual facts, hence usu. with Indic.)5. quanquam (constr. same as preceding)6. ŭt (with subj.7. quum (with subj.)8. quamvīs (prop. however much9. quŏd (poet. and rare) • although: 1. etsi (i. e. even if; notwithstanding: with the Indic. when referring to an actual fact, with Subj. of a mere hypothesis): a. the Cevennes impeded the march with very deep snow, yet, etc., etsi mons Cevenna altissima nive iter impediebat, tamen, Caes.: I am glad, a. I have no reason for being so, gaudeo etsi nihil scio quod gaudeam, Pl.: a. you had deprived Sulla of nothing but the consulship, yet you ought to have been satisfied with that, etsi nihil aliud Sullae nisi consulatum abstulissetis, tamen eo vos contentos esse oportebat, Cic. 2. ĕtĭamsi (same constr. as etsi, but more emphatic): a. the truth is not pleasant, yet, etc., veritas e. jucunda non est, tamen, etc., Cic.: with your aid, a. we were fearful, yet we would cast away all fear, tuis opibus, e. timidi essemus, tamen omnem timorem abjiceremus, Cic. 3. lĭcĕt (only hypothetical, and strictly a verb: with subj.) a. all dangers may threaten me, yet I will assist (my client) and encounter (them), licet omnia in me pericula impendeant, succurram atque subibo, Cic.: life is short, a. it should exceed a thousand years, vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat, Sen. (v. IT IS ALLOWED.) 4. tămetsi or tămĕnetsi (= notwithstanding; of actual facts, hence usu. with Indic.): I should not really believe what I am saying, a. I had generally heard it, non mehercule haec quae loquor crederem, tametsi vulgo audieram, Cic.: and a. Caesar understood these things, yet he summons the ambassadors, quae tametsi Caesar intellegebat, tamen legatos appellat, Caes. 5. quanquam (constr. same as preceding): a. he is wicked, q. est scelestus, Ter.: a. you are in haste, the delay is not long, q. festinas, non est mora longa, Hor.: esp. used by a person correcting himself, where it forms a kind of sentence in itself: a. (were it so), even that would give rise to no suspicion of a coalition, q., ne id quidem suspicionem coitionis habuerit, Cic. 6. ŭt (with subj.: esp. in sense granting that: q.v.): but a. it be so, yet you cannot predicate this, verum ut ita sit, tamen non potes hoc praedicare, Cic.: also without a verb: all these things were done, the patricians a. unwilling, yet not being openly opposed, haec omnia ut invitis ita non adversantibus patriciis transacta, Liv.: they go together to the waters of the Cephisus, a. not yet clear, yet already flowing in their wonted channel, adeunt pariter Cephisidas undas, ut nondum liquidas, sic jam vada nota secantes, Ov. 7. quum (with subj.): he says that a. these things are so, yet he will make peace with them, dicit quum ea ita sint, tamen sese cum iis pacem facturum, Caes.: Cic. 8. quamvīs (prop. however much: hence esp. in connection with adjectives: constr. same as 1, 2). in war he had performed deeds, a. ruinous to the state yet great, res bello gesserat q. reipublicae calamitosas, attamen magnas, Cic.: did not your anger abate as you entered our territories, a. you had come with hostile feeling? non tibi q. infesto animo perveneras, ingredienti fines ira cecidit? Liv.: a. expectation may be great, yet you will surpass it, q. sit magna exspectatio, tamen eam vinces, Cic. 9. quŏd (poet. and rare): v. whereas.