tămetsi
* Conj. [contr. from tamen etsi, which is freq. written in full, tamenetsi, as Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 10 sq.; Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168, or Ann. v. 512 Vahl.; Pac. ap. Non. 378, 6, or ap. Trag. Rel. p. 68 Rib.; Cic. Fam. 13, 71; Caes. B. G. 5, 34; Cat. 68, 135], notwithstanding that, although, though (class. and freq.).
* In gen.
* With indic. (so most freq.): Ca. Da mihi igitur operam. Co. Tametsi non novi, dabo, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 9: age, loquere, quid vis, tametsi tibi succenseo,id. Ps. 1, 5, 56: tametsi fur mihi es, molestus non ero,id. Aul. 4, 10, 38: numquam edepol fugiet, tametsi capital fecerit,id. Men. 1, 1, 16: obtundis, tametsi intellego?Ter. And. 2, 2, 11; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 81: non mehercule haec quae loquor crederem, tametsi vulgo audieram, nisi, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3.
* With tamen (esp. freq. in class. prose, partic. in Sall.), Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 1: tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,id. Quint. 3, 13: quae tametsi Caesar intellegebat, tamen, etc.,Caes. B. G. 7, 43; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; 27, 73; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 30; 7, 50; id. B. C. 3, 67; Hirt. B. G. 8, 20; Sall. C. 3, 4; 48, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 9, 3, 2 al.
* Without a correl. clause, and yet: tametsi jam dudum ego erro, qui, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35: tametsi quae est ista laudatio?id. ib. 2, 4, 9, § 19: utinam tibi istam mentem di immortales duint! Tametsi video, etc.,id. Cat. 1, 9, 22: tametsi non mediocris haesitatio est,Quint. 12, 1, 40; cf.: tamen etsi hoc verum'st? Si. Tamen, Ter. And. 5, 2, 23.