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                    "description": "(adverb) : forsĭtan, contr. from fors sit an; v. fors, A.; cf. also: forsan, fortan, and fortassean\n* Perhaps, peradventure.\n* Usually in principal clauses.\n* With subj. (class. and freq.; only so in Cicero): si altera illaec magis instabit, forsitan nos reiciat,Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 5: longiorem orationem causa forsitan postulet, tua certe natura breviorem,Cic. Lig. 12, 38 (al. fortasse postulat, v. Halm. ad loc.): forsitan quaeratis, qui iste terror sit, etc.,id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; Verg. G. 2, 288: forsitan quispiam dixerit: Nonne, etc.,Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29 (for which: fortasse dixerit quispiam,id. de Sen. 3, 8): forsitan occurrat illud, etc.,id. de Or. 3, 9, 34: major ars aliqua forsitan esset requirenda,id. ib. 2, 45, 189; 1, 15, 67: illud forsitan quaerendum sit, num, etc.,id. Off. 1, 45, 159: haec ipsa forsitan fuerint non necessaria,id. Brut. 13, 52: forsitan meliores illi accusatores habendi sint,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 58: nimium forsitan haec illi mirentur atque efferant,id. ib. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—With sed: quae forsitan vobis parvae esse videantur: sed, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21 fin.; id. Att. 12, 18, 1; so with subj., Liv. 3, 25, 9: quae forsitan laus sit, verum tamen,Cic. Brut. 8, 33: forsitan dicatis,Liv. 31, 31, 19: matrem insimulare forsitan fas non sit,id. 39, 10, 4; 31, 38, 4; 40, 15, 4; Quint. 2, 16, 11.\n* In dependent clauses (rare), with ut: neque id facio, ut quibusdam forsitan videor, etc.,Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2.—With quam: videor jam liberius loqui debere quam forsitan ipsi velint,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 11.—With quod: decrevi ad te scribere, quod forsitan minus ea perspicias, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1.—With cum: minime consentaneum est, cum bello tuo forsitan vix sufficias,Liv. 10, 18, 3 (but not in Lucr. 5, 610, where the correct read. is forsitan e rosea, etc.; v. Lachm. p. 302)."
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