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sednormalized · sed2 analyses · 2 lemmas
Lemma 1sed
conjunction
but, but also; yet; however, but in fact/truth; not to mention; yes but
Morphology1 analysis
inv.sed · regular
Lewis & Short
sĕd
[; old and orig. form sedum, P., and Mar. Vict. p. 2458 P.; but more prob. an ablative from root of the reflexive so- for suo-, and orig. the same with the insep. 2. sēd; , by itself, apart; hence, but, only, ; Corss. Ausspr. 1, p. 200 ], a particle of limitation, exception, or correction ( at and autem ).
, but, yet; nec sum in ullā re molestus civitatibus; illa quidem tristis, nec adhuc interrita vultu: Sed regina tamen, sed opaci maxima mundi; ( in the foll. II. A. 2.). — Very rarely with non (for nec tamen), introducing a qualification of a previous word.
Interrupting the discourse by transition to another subject or by ending the speech.
In a transition to another subject; sed ista mox — In recurring to a previous subject — Hence, after parenthetic clauses, but, now, I say,
In breaking off, discontinuing speech: sed quid ego haec memoro? Enn. P. (Ann. 318 Vahl.): sed enim, (epistulae) si perturbatior est, tibi assignato: te enim sequor, but indeed.
After negative clauses, to limit the negative statement, to indicate either that the assertion does not hold good at all, but something else does instead; or else that it is not exclusively true, but something else holds good in addition, but, on the contrary; and in an ascending signif., but also, but even, but in fact,
In a simple opposition: non cauponantes bellum, sed belligerantes, Ferro, non auro, vitam cernamus utrique, Enn. (Ann. 201 Vahl.); haud doctis dictis certantes, sed maledictis.Non ex jure manu consertum sed magi' ferro Rem repetunt, (Ann. 274 Vahl.). — With contra — Madv. ad loc.: quam tibi non Perseus, verum si quaeris, ademit.
In a climax.
Non modo (solum, tantum, ).sed or sed etiam (et, quoque), not only, not merely.but, but also, but even, but indeed (sed, standing alone, isolates the ascending idea, while an appended etiam, et, or quoque places it in closer connection with the first statement, and thus permits them to be viewed together); Mützell ad loc.
, in passing from the part to the whole, from the particular to the universal (usually followed by omnino, or by omnis, cunctus, totus, universus, ). — Etiam is rarely added.
Non modo (solum) non.sed, sed etiam; sed ne. quidem, not only not.but, but even, but indeed, but not even, — Also, without the second non in the first clause, and with ne quidem, doubly negative only when both clauses have the same verb: non modo facere, sed ne cogitare quidem quicquam audebit; with vix. — After quisquam with ellipsis of non: (where Weissenb. supplies non in brackets before exiret)
As sed, after non modo, acquires an idea of ascent or climax, from the fact that non modo represents a thing as existing (only not existing alone), and thus includes an affirmation, so, too, after purely affirmative clauses, sed sometimes serves as an ascending adjunct, but, but in fact, but also: Dae. Curriculo affer Duas clavas. La. Clavas? Dae. Sed probas. — In good prose usually joined with etiam (or et)
sēd
and 2. se.
sēd
= se; the letter D.
Lemma 2sed
unknown
Without · but, but also; yet; however, but in fact/truth; not to mention; yes but
Morphology1 analysis
inv.sed · regular
Lewis & Short
sĕd
[; old and orig. form sedum, P., and Mar. Vict. p. 2458 P.; but more prob. an ablative from root of the reflexive so- for suo-, and orig. the same with the insep. 2. sēd; , by itself, apart; hence, but, only, ; Corss. Ausspr. 1, p. 200 ], a particle of limitation, exception, or correction ( at and autem ).
, but, yet; nec sum in ullā re molestus civitatibus; illa quidem tristis, nec adhuc interrita vultu: Sed regina tamen, sed opaci maxima mundi; ( in the foll. II. A. 2.). — Very rarely with non (for nec tamen), introducing a qualification of a previous word.
Interrupting the discourse by transition to another subject or by ending the speech.
In a transition to another subject; sed ista mox — In recurring to a previous subject — Hence, after parenthetic clauses, but, now, I say,
In breaking off, discontinuing speech: sed quid ego haec memoro? Enn. P. (Ann. 318 Vahl.): sed enim, (epistulae) si perturbatior est, tibi assignato: te enim sequor, but indeed.
After negative clauses, to limit the negative statement, to indicate either that the assertion does not hold good at all, but something else does instead; or else that it is not exclusively true, but something else holds good in addition, but, on the contrary; and in an ascending signif., but also, but even, but in fact,
In a simple opposition: non cauponantes bellum, sed belligerantes, Ferro, non auro, vitam cernamus utrique, Enn. (Ann. 201 Vahl.); haud doctis dictis certantes, sed maledictis.Non ex jure manu consertum sed magi' ferro Rem repetunt, (Ann. 274 Vahl.). — With contra — Madv. ad loc.: quam tibi non Perseus, verum si quaeris, ademit.
In a climax.
Non modo (solum, tantum, ).sed or sed etiam (et, quoque), not only, not merely.but, but also, but even, but indeed (sed, standing alone, isolates the ascending idea, while an appended etiam, et, or quoque places it in closer connection with the first statement, and thus permits them to be viewed together); Mützell ad loc.
, in passing from the part to the whole, from the particular to the universal (usually followed by omnino, or by omnis, cunctus, totus, universus, ). — Etiam is rarely added.
Non modo (solum) non.sed, sed etiam; sed ne. quidem, not only not.but, but even, but indeed, but not even, — Also, without the second non in the first clause, and with ne quidem, doubly negative only when both clauses have the same verb: non modo facere, sed ne cogitare quidem quicquam audebit; with vix. — After quisquam with ellipsis of non: (where Weissenb. supplies non in brackets before exiret)
As sed, after non modo, acquires an idea of ascent or climax, from the fact that non modo represents a thing as existing (only not existing alone), and thus includes an affirmation, so, too, after purely affirmative clauses, sed sometimes serves as an ascending adjunct, but, but in fact, but also: Dae. Curriculo affer Duas clavas. La. Clavas? Dae. Sed probas. — In good prose usually joined with etiam (or et)
sēd
and 2. se.
sēd
= se; the letter D.
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