quandoquidem

Latin

Alternative forms

  • quandō quidem

Etymology

Univerbation of quandō (“when, now that”) +‎ quidem (“restricting particle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷanˈdoː.kʷɪ.dẽː], [kʷanˈdɔ.kʷɪ.dẽː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷan̪ˈd̪ɔː.kʷi.d̪em]
  • Note: as in other univerbations with quidem (siquidem, tuquidem), the -o- in this word is regularly short, but may be long when not treated as a univerbation.[1] See quotations.

Conjunction

quandō̆quidem

  1. since, since indeed, seeing that, inasmuch as, because
    • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 5.7.line 1024, (trochaic septenarius):
      MENAECHMVS Līberem ego tē? MESSENIO Vērum, quandŏquidem, ere, tē servāvī... MEN. Quid est?
      MEN. I should free you? MES. Sure, seeing as I saved your life, master... MEN. What's that?
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 607–608:
      PAMPHILUS: Atque hoc cōnfiteor mihi / iūre obtigisse, quandōquidem tam iners tam nūllī cōnsilī sum.
      PAMPHILUS: And yet I admit that this has happened justly to me, since indeed I am so lazy, so lacking in good judgment.
    • 1st century CE, Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae 3.10.52, (iambic senarius):
      Quandŏquidem et illī peccant, quōs minimē putēs, et […]
      Since even those whom you would least expect are sometimes at fault, and […]

References

  1. ^ Benjamin Fortson (10 December 2008) Language and Rhythm in Plautus‎[1], De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 51; 248

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