quasī̌

quasī̌ lat.

Univerbation of quam (“how, as”) +‎ sī (“if”) with clitic shortening of the first vowel and iambic shortening of the second.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷa.sɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷaː.s̬i]
• Note: still found with the long final syllable in Lucretius, and again in late Latin poets.

Conjunction

quasi

1. almost as if; like; as it were

   Synonyms: ceu, (perinde) ac sī, tanquam, velut, ut, sīcut

   quasi vērō nesciam! ― as if I don't know!

2. (Late Latin) on the grounds that

   quasi praedam male divisisset ― on that grounds that he had poorly divided the plunder