siquidem

Latin

Alternative forms
  • si quidem

Etymology

Univerbation of sī (“if”) +‎ quidem (“restricting particle”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.kʷi.dem/, [ˈs̠ɪkʷɪd̪ɛ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.kwi.dem/, [ˈsiːkwid̪em]
  • Note: as in other univerbations with quidem (tuquidem, quandoquidem), the -i- in this word is regularly short, but may be long when not treated as a univerbation.[1]

Adverb

siquidem (not comparable)

  1. if only
  2. accordingly
  3. since

Conjunction

siquidem

  1. (Medieval Latin) Synonym of autem

References
  1. Benjamin Fortson (en) Language and Rhythm in Plautus‎, De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 51; 248

Further reading
  • “siquidem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • siquidem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “siquidem (conj.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 974/1
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