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Learn Hardcore Latin: sive - whether ... or; or if

Hardcore Latin
/Administering an inheritance
/sive

sive

Word

sive

Meaning

whether ... or; or if

Part of speech

conjunction

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Administering an inheritance

Usages of sive

Sive pater intestatus est sive testamentum habet, praetor adest.

Whether the father is intestate or has a will, the praetor is present.

Sive semis sive uncia legatario datur, coheres testamentum legit.

Whether a half-share or a twelfth-share is given to the legatee, the co-heir reads the will.

Sive familiae emptor adest sive praetor adest, coheres testamentum legit.

Whether the formal purchaser or the praetor is present, the co-heir reads the will.

Sive legatum sive fideicommissum scribitur, signator tabulas obsignat.

Whether a legacy or an entrusted request is written, the signatory seals the tablets.

Sive laterculus bessalis sive pluteus cadit, balneator opus parat.

Whether a two-thirds-foot brick or the partition falls, the keeper prepares the work.

Sive aeneum sive fornax fumum mittit, balneator intrat.

Whether the bronze boiler or the furnace emits smoke, the keeper enters.

Sive capsarius sive unctor fumum videt, balneatorem vocat.

Whether the cloakroom attendant or the anointer sees smoke, he calls the bathhouse keeper.

Sive vapor per concamerationem sive per hemisphaerium pervagatur, balneator eum videt.

Whether steam circulates through the vaulting or through the domed ceiling, the keeper sees it.

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