setius
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
sētius (not comparable)
Derived terms edit
- nihilō sētius (“none the less”)
- quō sētius (“so as to prevent”)
References edit
- “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 edit
- “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.