Ido

Conjunction

sive

1. either; whether

Antonyms

• nek ‎(“neither”)

Derived terms

1. sive ... sive

   whether … or; either … or

Latin

Alternative forms

• sīue
• seu

Etymology

From older seīve, from seī ‎(“if”) +‎ -ve ‎(“or”). Equivalent to sī ‎(“if”) +‎ -ve ‎(“or”). Collateral form seu by apocope.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.we/, [ˈsiː.wɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ve/, [ˈsiː.ve]

Conjunction

sīve

1. on the other hand; but if
2. or
   • 1731, Johann Jakob Brucker:

     Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum Triga

     Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays

Usage notes

• May be used as a correlative, sive… sive… to function as in English either… or…

Antonyms

• nēve, neu

References

• sive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SIVE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sive”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Swazi

Noun

sive

1. nation

Tarantino

Adjective

sive

1. dirty