notwithstanding Copy link Outline I. As adv. or conj.II. As prep.1. expr. by invītus in agr. with subs. (abl. absol. constr.)2. expr. by various participles in sim. constr.3. form a depend. sent. with etiamsi, tametsi, quum • notwithstanding: I. As adv. or conj.: nĭhĭlōmĭnus; attămen, tămen: for syn. v. nevertheless. II. As prep.: 1. expr. by invītus in agr. with subs. (abl. absol. constr.): gods and men n. (in spite of them), diis hominibusque invitis, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, med.: v. spite of (in). 2. expr. by various participles in sim. constr.: n. the auspices, *neglectis auspiciis: n. the beauty of his own wife, *spreta pulchritudine uxoris suae propriae (v. to disregard, despise). 3. form a depend. sent. with etiamsi, tametsi, quum: v. although, nevertheless.
NOTWITHSTANDING Copy link • NOTWITHSTANDING(With substantives), adversus (e.g., adversus inducias, notwithstanding the truce; adversus id senatusconsultum; stultus est adversus aetatem et capitis canitiem, notwithstanding his age); in with an ablative, i. e., during, in the midst of (e.g., in summa copia oratorum but usually with tamen, sed, etc.; e.g., noscitabantur tamen in tanta deformitate; sed in hac aetate utrique animi juveniles erant); also, by ablative, absolutely with the verbs contemnere, negligere; e.g., contemtis or neglectis precibus meis Romam rediit (notwithstanding my entreaties). (With verbs), tametsi; quanquam; etsi; licet; quamvis, or quamquam (although), followed by tamen (yet): attamen (but yet, but still): nihilominus, nihilosecius (nevertheless).