perchance
perchance
adv.
See perhaps.
adv.
See perhaps.
PERCHANCE
fortasse; forsitan (the latter always with the subjunctive. ☞ Fortassis is rare; forsan is poetical). ☞ Observe also that forte is not to be used for fortasse in all cases; but the rule is that the Latin has always forte and not fortasse after si nisi ne (not so after num): haud scio an nescio an (nullus nemo numquam) as a modest or diffident form of expression. Vid: also PERHAPS.
fortasse; forsitan (the latter always with the subjunctive. ☞ Fortassis is rare; forsan is poetical). ☞ Observe also that forte is not to be used for fortasse in all cases; but the rule is that the Latin has always forte and not fortasse after si nisi ne (not so after num): haud scio an nescio an (nullus nemo numquam) as a modest or diffident form of expression. Vid: also PERHAPS.
perchance: fortĕ: esp. si forte, if perchance: if p. anyone of you wonders, si quis vestrum f. miratur, Cic. Div. Verr. 1, 1: Caes. Also, nisi forte, unless perchance: unless p. I am mistaken, nisi f. animus me fallit, Sall. Cat. 20 Cic. so, lest p., ne forte, Pl.. Cic. Poet. fors: if p., si fors, Virg. Aen. 12, 183. (Not to be confounded with fortasse v. PERHAPS .)