even (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. ĕtiam2. vel (esp. to emphasise single words)3. ădeo (serving to give precision and emphasis)4. ipse (with a subs.)5. usque (of a limit in time) • even (adv.): 1. ĕtiam: the most gen. equivalent for the Eng. (N.B.--Not when there is a negative in the sentence: not ... even, ne ... quĭdem, see L. G. § 656): we may be safe e. yet, salvi e. nunc esse possumus, Cic. R. Am. 52, 150: e. if you have nothing to write, e. si (or as one word etiamsi) quod scribas non habebis, Cic. 2. vel (esp. to emphasise single words): I prefer e. monarchy to democracy, [sed tamen] vel regnum malo quam liberum populum, Cic. Rep. 3, 34: they may think what they please, and take e. this view, existiment quod velint, ac vel hoc intelligant, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33. Esp. with superlatives, v. very (the). 3. ădeo (serving to give precision and emphasis): you are e. such a one, is a. tu es, Pl.: with very great loss and e. ruin to the revenue, cum maximo detrimento atque a. exitio vectigalium, Cic. Verr. 3, 8, 19. 4. ipse (with a subs.): e. if Salus herself desired to save, ipsa si cupiat Salus servare, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, fin.: e. virtue (herself) is made light of by many, a multis ipsa virtus contemnitur, Cic. Am. 23, 86. 5. usque (of a limit in time): from morning e. to evening, a mane usque ad vesperam, Suet.: Cic. Phr.: e. if, etiamsi [v. supr., 1], etsi, ut: v. although.