siquidem

== Latin == === Alternative forms === si quidem === Etymology === Univerbation of sī (“if”) + quidem (“restricting particle”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɪ.kʷɪ.dẽː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.kʷi.dem] Note: as in other univerbations with quidem (tuquidem, quandoquidem), the -i- in this word is regularly short, but may be long when not treated as a univerbation. === Adverb === siquidem (not comparable) if only if indeed accordingly since === Conjunction === siquidem (Medieval Latin) synonym of autem === References === === Further reading === “siquidem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “siquidem”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “siquidem (conj.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 974/1