LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

siquidem1

siquidem (not comparable)
Classical[ˈsɪ.kʷɪ.dẽː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsiː.kʷi.dem]

Meaning

  1. not comparableif only
  2. not comparableif indeed
  3. not comparableaccordingly
  4. not comparablesince

sīquĭdem (or separate, sī quĭdem; in poets, sĭquĭdem, Ov. M. 10, 104; 11, 219; id. Am. 3, 7, 17), adv., = εἴπερ.
I. If only, if indeed (class.): actumst, siquidem haec vera praedicat, Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; cf.: gratulor Baiis nostris, si quidem, ut scribis, salubres repente factae sunt, Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 1: robur et suboles militum interiit, si quidem quae nuntiantur ullā ea parte vera sunt, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: Sy. Quid aliud tibi vis? Cl. Siquidem hoc fit. Sy. Siquidem? experiundo scies, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 90: o fortunatam rem publicam, si quidem hanc sentinam urbis ejecerit! Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7: O morem praeclarum, si quidem teneremus! id. Fl. 7.—
II. Like quandoquidem, since indeed, since, since that: si quidem mihi saltandumst, jam vos date bibat tibicini, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 16: siquidem ille ipse non volt, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 45: siquidem Homerus fuit ante Romam conditam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; id. Brut. 10, 39; id. Or. 24, 81; Quint. 1, 1, 9; 1, 6, 15 al.: (pinus) grata deum matri, siquidem Attis Exuit hac hominem, Ov. M. 10, 104.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī Latin quidem univ. Latin siquidem Univerbation of sī (“if”) + quidem (“restricting particle”).

conjunction
siquidem2
siquidem
Classical[ˈsɪ.kʷɪ.dẽː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsiː.kʷi.dem]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinsynonym of autem

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī Latin quidem univ. Latin siquidem Univerbation of sī (“if”) + quidem (“restricting particle”).

Quick answers

What does siquidem mean in Latin?
siquidem, a adverb, means “if only; if indeed; accordingly”.
How do you pronounce siquidem?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɪ.kʷɪ.dẽː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsiː.kʷi.dem].