phrase
sīs
sīs sg (plural sultis)
Classical[ˈsiːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsis]
Meaning
- if you want, if you please, if you're willing, if you prefer
sīs.
I. Subj. of sum.—
II. Contr. from si vis; v. volo init.—
III. I. q. suis, v. suus init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sīs
subj. of sum.
sīs for si vis; see 1 volo.
Origins
Contraction of sī vīs, from sī (“if”) + vīs (“you want”), the second person of volō (“to want”); literally, "if you want".