conjunction
etenim
etenim
Classical[ˈɛ.tɛ.nĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.te.nim]
Meaning
- because, since
- for truly, and indeed
- as a matter of fact
ĕt-ĕnim,
I. conj., subjoins a corroborative clause, or one which contains the reason of a preceding statement, for, truly, and indeed, because that, since (not freq. till class. times, esp. in Cic.):
verum profecto hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit ... Etenim ille, etc., Plaut. Am. prol. 26; Ter. And. 2, 6, 9; id. Eun. 5, 9, 44: praeclare quidem dicis; etenim video jam, quo pergat oratio, Cic. Rep. 3, 32; id. de Sen. 5 fin. et saep.: quippe etenim, Lucr. 1, 104; 2, 547; 3, 800; 5, 1062 al.: tutus bos etenim rura perambulat, Hor. C. 4, 5, 17.—II. Esp., introducing parenthetical clauses (cf. enim, II. A.):
ejus autem legationis princeps est Hejus (etenim est primus civitatis), ne forte, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7; id. Att. 10, 17 fin.; id. Lael. 17, 62; id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; Liv. 3, 24 fin. (etenim always begins the clause, Krebs, Antibarb. p. 423; Madvig, Opusc. Acad. 1, 390). See Hand, Turs. II. pp. 540-545.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
et-enim
conj., adding an independent and emphatic clause, as a reason, explanation, or corroboration, for, for truly, and indeed, because, since: etenim iste non audebat, etc.: etenim quid est, quod amplius exspectes?—In tmesi: Et meministis enim, V.—Introducing a parenthesis: legationis princeps est Heius (etenim est primus civitatis), ne forte, etc.—After a word (poet.): Divinare etenim mihi donat Apollo, H.: Tutus bos etenim rura perambulat, H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*éti
- Proto-Italic*et
- Latinetenim
Latin enim Latin etenim From et + enim.