LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

forsit

forsit (not comparable)
Classical[ˈfɔr.sɪt]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɔr.sit]

Meaning

  1. not comparableperhaps

forsit, adv. contr. from fors sit; cf. fors, II. A.,
I. perhaps, Hor. S. 1, 6, 49 (quoted Prisc. p. 1015 P.).

Origins

From ellipsis of fors (“chance”) + sit (“be”, subjunctive).

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianforcis
  • Sardinianforsis
  • Sardinianfortzis
  • Sardinianfossis
  • Sardinianfrotzis
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianforse
  • Corsicanforse
  • Istriotfuorsi
  • Neapolitanforze
  • Sicilianforsi
  • Sicilianfraci
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianforsit
  • Ladinforsi
  • Ladinforsci
  • Ladinforsc
  • Ladinfosc
  • Romanshforsa
  • Romanshforza

Quick answers

What does forsit mean in Latin?
forsit, a adverb, means “perhaps”.
How do you pronounce forsit?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɔr.sɪt]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfɔr.sit].