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Meaning of quodsi | Babel Free

Conjunction CEFR B1
[ˈkʷɔs.siː]

Definitions

but if

Examples

“quod si iterum mihi sit danda, actum siet.”

But if another [dinner] had to be provided by me, that'd be the end [of me].

“quodsi viri sui faciem ignorat […]”

But if she does not know her own husband's appearance […]

“quodsi magnam in his Hermagoras habuisset facultatem studio et disciplina comparatam […]”

But if Hermagoras had possessed exceptional skill in dealing with these subjects […]

“[…] per se igitur ius est expectandum et colendum; Quodsi ius etiam, instituta; sin ea, reliquae quoque virtutes per se colendae sunt.”

[…] Consequently, law and fairness are sought and cultivated for their own sake; but if so in law and, likewise, fairness, then all those other virtues are also to be cultivated for their own sake.

“Quod si te sors Afris aut Hispanis aut Gallis praefecisset, immanibus ac barbaris nationibus […]”

But if fate had put you in charge of Africans, Spaniards, or Gauls, savage and barbaric peoples ...

“Neque enim haec externa vobis est religio neque aliena; quodsi esset, si suscipere eam nolletis […]”

This religion is neither from far away nor foreign to you all; but if it were, if you would not wish to honour it yourselves […]

“quod si iura fores pugnasque imitata Laconum,”

But if you were to emulate the laws and fights of the Spartans, you'd be dearer to me due to that blessing, Rome.

“Quod si est alter orbis suntque oppositi nobis a meridie antichthones […]”

If however there is a second world and there are Antichthones opposite to us in the south […]

“[Epistulæ ad Aurelium 1.p64 (42N)]”
“[De rerum natura 3.722]”
“[Trinummus 217]”
“[Vita Julii Cæsaris 31.2]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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