Latin

Adverb

fōrsitan ‎(not comparable)

1. perhaps, perchance
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:19

     et aut ego indigna fui illis aut illi mihi forsitan digni non fuerunt quia forsitan viro alio conservasti me (And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man,)

Synonyms

• (perhaps): fōrsan, fōrsit, fōrtasse fōrtassis, fōrte

Related terms

References

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