quid agis

Latin

Etymology

From quid (“what”) + agis (“you're doing”) the second person form of agō (“I do”).

Pronunciation

Phrase

quid agis?

  1. (colloquial) what's up?, how are you?, how do you do?
    • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Satires 1.9.4:
      Quid agis, dulcissime rērum?
      How are you, my dearest?”
  2. (colloquial, in surprise) what are you doing (there)?, what are you up to?

See also

References

  1. ^ Radford, Robert S. (1903) “The Latin Monosyllables in Their Relation to Accent and Quantity. A Study in the Verse of Terence”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association‎[1], volume 34, →DOI, page 60
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