詞源

源自 (“機會”) + (“是”) + (“是否”)。

發音

• (古典拉丁語) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈfor.si.tan/, [ˈfɔrs̠ɪt̪än]
• (教會拉丁語) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈfor.si.tan/, [ˈfɔrsit̪än]

副詞

1. 可能
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobiae.3.19:

     et aut ego indigna fui illis aut illi mihi forsitan digni non fuerunt quia forsitan viro alio conservasti me

     And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man,

參考資料

• forsitan in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• “forsitan”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• forsitan在Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français (拉丁語-法語詳解詞典), Hachette中的內容
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)