sive

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ve/

Conjunction

sive

1. either; whether

Alternative forms

• sīue
• seu

Etymology

From older seīve, from seī (“if”) +‎ -ve (“or”). Equivalent to sī (“if”) +‎ -ve (“or”). Collateral form seu by apocope.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.we/, [ˈsiː.wɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ve/, [ˈsiː.ve]

Conjunction

sīve

1. on the other hand; but if
2. or
   • 1731, Johann Jakob Brucker:

     Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum Triga

     Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays

References

• sive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sive in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Noun

síve class 7 (plural tíve class 8)

1. nation

Adjective

sive

1. dirty