LAT

Lewis Short

sīn
* Conj. [apocop. from si-ne], an adversative conditional particle, if however, if on the contrary, but if (good prose).
* With a preceding si, nisi, quando, dum.
* After si.
* Without a preceding si, nisi, etc. (where the foregoing particle is usu. clearly implied by the context).
* After nisi: nisi molestum est, nomen dare vobis volo Comoediaï: sin odio est—dicam tamen,Plaut. Poen. prol. 51.—*
* After quando: quando abiit rete pessum, adducit lineam: sin jecit recte, etc.,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 16 (Speng. si injecit).—*
* After dum: dum illi agunt suam rem agunt, ceteri cleptae: sin vident quempiam se adservare, obludunt,Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 10.
* Less freq. by vero: si sit ovis matura ... sin vero feta, Col. 7, 3, 11.—*
* In gen.: qui ero servire servos postulat, etc. ... Sin dormitat, ita dormitet, ut, etc.,Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 5; cf. Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 6: Pae. Ne me attrecta. So. Sin te amo? Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 45; cf. id. Ps. 1, 3, 22; id. Mil. 4, 8, 27: primum danda opera est, ne quā amicorum discidia fiant: sin tale aliquid evenerit, ut, etc.,Cic. Lael. 21, 78; cf. id. Off. 2, 21, 74: adhuc nostri nulli fuerunt: sin quando exstiterint, etc.,id. de Or. 3, 24, 95: orat ac postulat, rem publicam suscipiant. Sin timore defugiant, etc.,Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Nep. Ages. 1, 3: haec ut fiant, deos quaeso, ut vobis decet. Sin aliter animus voster est, etc.,Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 46.
* In epistolary style, ellipt.: ego, ut constitui, adero: atque utinam tu quoque eodem die! Sin quid—multa enim—utique postridie,Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4.
* Strengthened
* By autem: summi puerorum amores saepe unā cum praetextā togā ponerentur: sin autem ad adulescentiam perduxissent, etc.,Cic. Lael. 10, 34; 21, 77; id. Rep. 1, 6, 11; 2, 39, 66; id. Off. 1, 34, 123; id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; Caes. B. G. 5, 35 al.
* Rarely by vero: quidam saepe in parvā pecuniā cognoscuntur quam sint leves, quidam, etc., sin vero erunt aliqui, etc.,Cic. Lael. 17, 63.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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