tamen adv.
3 TA-.—After a concessive or conditional particle, notwithstanding, nevertheless, for all that, however, yet, still (beginning the clause or after its emphatic word): quamquam omnis virtus nos ad se adlicet, tamen iustitia id maxime efficit: etsi abest maturitas aetatis, tamen, etc.: tametsi miserum est, tamen, etc.: si Massilienses per delectos cives . . . reguntur, inest tamen in eā conditione similitudo quaedam servitutis: si nullus erit pulvis, tamen excute nullum, O.: cui (senatus auctoritati) cum Cato et Caninius intercessissent, tamen est perscripta.—Opposed to an implied concession or inference, in spite of this, for all that, however, still, nevertheless : Retraham ad me illud argentum tamen, T.: expellitur ex oppido Gergoviā; non destitit tamen, Cs.: neque recordatur illi ipsi tam infelici imperatori patuisse tamen portūs Africae, L.: semper Aiax fortis, fortissimus tamen in furore: cur nolint, etiam si tacerent, satis dicunt. Verum non tacent. Tamen his invitissimis te offeres?: tamen a malitiā non discedis? in spite of all .—With sed or verum , in strong opposition, but yet, but nevertheless, but still : hi non sunt permolesti; sed tamen insident et urgent: debet; verum tamen non cogitur.—With si, if at least, if only : aliqua et mihi gratia ponto est; Si tamen in dio quondam concreta profundo Spuma fui, O.—After neque . . . nec, on the other hand, however : Cyri vitam legunt, praeclaram illam quidem, sed neque tam nostris rebus aptam nec tamen Scauri laudibus anteponendam.—Ne tamen, that by no means : veni igitur, quaeso, ne tamen semen urbanitatis unā cum re p. intereat. —With pron relat., who however, although he : L.Lucullus, qui tamen eis incommodis mederi fortasse potuisset . . . partem militum Glabrioni tradidit, although he might , etc.: fuit mirificus in Crasso pudor, qui tamen non obesset eius orationi, etc., and yet its effect was not , etc.—Strengthened by nihilo minus : si illud tenerent, se quoque id retenturum; nihilo minus tamen agi posse de compositione, Cs.