Meaning of at | Babel Free

Definitions

1. introduces a different but not completely opposing thought: but, yet, moreover, on the other hand, on the contrary, still
2. whereas

Equivalents

Examples

“At rēgīna ….”

But the Queen …. (This phrase, which begins Book 4, recurs twice more to begin subsections within the book: cf. 4.296, 4.504.)

“Hoc Seculo qvinto factum eſſe oportet, cum certum ſit, Hengiſtum tunc temporis floruiſſe; at fides tamen hujus rei penes Authorem eſto.”

It must be that this occurred in the fifth century, since it is certain that Hengist flourished at that time; but, nevertheless, let the credibility of this matter rest with the author.

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