tametsi — Logoi (Latin)

Where it lives

Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 15 · 11.32/10k
Pro M. Tullio 3 · 8.73/10k
Catilina 7 · 6.56/10k
Pro A. Caecina 6 · 5.78/10k
Jugurtha 12 · 5.65/10k
Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 3 · 5.16/10k
In C. Verrem 48 · 4.78/10k
Commentariolum Petitionis 2 · 4.61/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 3 · 4.5/10k
Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 1 · 4.32/10k
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 2 · 4.2/10k
De consolatione philosophiae 10 · 4.07/10k

Densest 12 of 47 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

tămetsi — Lewis & Short

tămetsi,

I conj. [contr. from tamen etsi, which is freq. written in full, tamenetsi, as Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 10 sq.; Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168, or Ann. v. 512 Vahl.; Pac. ap. Non. 378, 6, or ap. Trag. Rel. p. 68 Rib.; Cic. Fam. 13, 71; Caes. B. G. 5, 34; Cat. 68, 135], notwithstanding that, although, though (class. and freq.).

I In gen.

(a) With indic. (so most freq.): Ca. Da mihi igitur operam. Co. Tametsi non novi, dabo, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 9: age, loquere, quid vis, tametsi tibi succenseo, id. Ps. 1, 5, 56: tametsi fur mihi es, molestus non ero, id. Aul. 4, 10, 38: numquam edepol fugiet, tametsi capital fecerit, id. Men. 1, 1, 16: obtundis, tametsi intellego? Ter. And. 2, 2, 11; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 81: non mehercule haec quae loquor crederem, tametsi vulgo audieram, nisi, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3.—

(b) With subj. (very rare): memini, tametsi nullus moneas, Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 10.—

II With tamen (esp. freq. in class. prose, partic. in Sall.), Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 1: tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo, id. Quint. 3, 13: quae tametsi Caesar intellegebat, tamen, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 43; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; 27, 73; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 30; 7, 50; id. B. C. 3, 67; Hirt. B. G. 8, 20; Sall. C. 3, 4; 48, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 9, 3, 2 al. —

III Without a correl. clause, and yet: tametsi jam dudum ego erro, qui, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35: tametsi quae est ista laudatio? id. ib. 2, 4, 9, § 19: utinam tibi istam mentem di immortales duint! Tametsi video, etc., id. Cat. 1, 9, 22: tametsi non mediocris haesitatio est, Quint. 12, 1, 40; cf.: tamen etsi hoc verum'st? Si. Tamen, Ter. And. 5, 2, 23.

In the wild

tametsi Boethius, Liber De Persona et Duabus Naturis Contra Eutychen Et Nestorium 3
tametsi Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.132
tametsi Cicero, Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 8
tametsi Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.162
tametsi Cicero, Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 56
tametsi Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 8.20.1

6 of 213 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tametsi (scan p. 227; entry #3519).