setius

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sētos (“late”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“late, long”). Cf. sērus, with a different extension. Cognate to Old Irish sith- (“continuous”), Welsh hyd (“length”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus, “late”), Old English sīd (“broad”).

Adverb

sētius (not comparable)

  1. later, slower
  2. (with negatives) to a lesser degree, less readily
  3. (influenced by secus) otherwise

Derived terms

References

  • “sētius” on page 1929 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sētius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559

Further reading

  • “setius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “setius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • setius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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