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forsan

forsan

Ido

Adverb

forsan

perhaps, maybe
Forsan il venos, forsan no.‎
Maybe he went, maybe he didn't.

Synonyms

posible ‎(“possibly”)

Antonyms

certe ‎(“certainly”)

Latin

Etymology

From ellipsis of fōrs sit an

Adverb

forsan ‎(not comparable)

perhaps, perchance

Synonyms

(perhaps): fōrsit, fōrsitan, fōrtasse fōrtassis, fōrte

Related terms

References

forsan in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
forsan in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “forsan”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)