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).
YET Copy link • YETHowever, but, tamen, attamen; verumtamen (but however, but yet, οὐ μὴν ἀλλά): nihilominus (nevertheless): quamquam, etsi (although, however, μέντοι, καίτοι: both chiefly, as in Greek μέντοι, in an exception which a speaker himself makes, where also we may use sed; Vid: Cic., Cat., 1, 9, 22; ad Div., 7, 24, 2; Muren., 41, 89): sed (in transitions, when the discourse is suddenly broken off; e.g., yet let us omit that, sed id omittamus; yet enough of this, sed haec hactenus): sed, tamen, verumtamen (in resuming interrupted discourse, after a parenthesis, etc.; Vid: Cic., N.D., 1, 32, quite at the end; Verro, 3, 2, near the biginning; ☞ Heusing., Cic., Off., 1, 1, 3): atque (however, in passing to another part of a speech; Vid: Dachne, Nep., Lys., 1, 4; Ruhnken, Ter., Andria, 1, 3, 20): saltern (at least, in a limitation). Yet at least, yet certainly, at, at saltem, or at... saltem (after negative propositions; Vid: Cic., ad Div., 9, 8, 2; Sext., 3, quite at the end): yet at last, yet at length, tamen, tandem (when anything long wished or hoped for is attained; Vid: Bremi, Suet., Oct. 91; Moeb., Caes., B.G., 3, 21): yet not, neque tamen; non tamen; tamen... non (Vid: Krebs, §808). Denoting a condition, sed: yet so, yet only in so far... that or that not, sed tamen ita... ut, or ut ne; also simply ita... ut, or ut ne, when the first proposition is limited by the second (Vid: Cic., ad Div., 16, 9, 3; Cat., 4, 7, 15; ☞ Beier, Cic., Off., 1, 25, 88, p. 199, sequens): (Of time), still, adhuc (to this time): ad id; ad id tempus (to that time): etiam (pointing out the existence of a certain circumstance at a certain period, as implying surprise or displeasure): etiamnunc; etiamnum (the same, with emphasis): not yet, nondum (to denote the non-existence or non-occurrence of an expected event, state, etc., as contemporaneous with the occurrence of some other event, which may be either past, present, or future: ille quid agat, si nondum Roma es profectus ad me scribas velim); haud dum, non... etiam (makes the verb of the sentence more emphatic): you do not yet thoroughly know me, non satis pernosti me etiam qualis sim (Ter., Andr., 3, 2, 23): adhuc non (even up to the present moment, with reference to the previous space during which the event has not taken place; with reference to the past, we must use ad id tempus non; ad id non): not yet... but, nondum... sed: and not yet, neque dum; neque adhuc: nothing yet, nihildum; nihil adhuc: not yet, nullus dum; nullus etiam nunc (all with same difference as nondum, non etiam, adhuc non; Vid: [Vid: OBS. in HITHERTO.] Yet, in adding, strengthening, etc., and with comparatives; etiam, with comparative: ☞ not adhuc till Quint., etc.; also in adding particulars, etc., that are to be taken besides and equally with what was before mentioned: etiam alii; etiam insuper: I make yet one more request, unum etiam vos oro, ut, etc. Vid: STILL.