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quīdam, quaedam, quiddam certain
quīdam, quaedam, quiddam is a Latin Pronoun that primarily means certain.
Definitions for quīdam, quaedam, quiddam
Wheelock's Latin
Pronoun
- 1
A certain one or thing, someone, something
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Pronoun
- 1
(masc. and fem. sg.) A certain (unspecified) person, someone; (w. part. gen. or equivalent) one (of). (b) (pl.) certain people; quidam..alii, quidam..quidam, etc., certain people..others.
- 2
(neut. sg.) A certain (undefined) thing, something. (b) (neut. pl.) quaedam..quaedam, quaedam..alia, etc., certain things..other things. (c) quodam loci, in a certain spot. (d) (pregn.) esse quiddam, to be of some use or value.
Sentences with quīdam, quaedam, quiddam
Latin to English
Quīdam dīxērunt hunc auctōrem esse clāriōrem quam illum.Compare Certain men said that his author was more famous than that one.
Quīdam mālunt crēdere omnēs esse parēs.Compare Certain men prefer to believe that all men are equal.
Fleque meos casus: est quaedam flere voluptas: expletur lacrimis egeriturque dolor.Compare Weep for my woe; in weeping there is a certain joy, for by tears grief is sated and relieved.
Labor voluptasque. dissimilis natura, societas quidam inter se naturalis sum innexus. Compare Toil and pleasure, things most unlike in their nature, are connected by a certain natural bond.
Res quidam tragicus actor, qui et alius committo assuesco incaute aperio.Compare He incautiously divulges the affair to a certain tragic actor, to whom he had been accustomed to entrust other things as well.
Hic in caput sum quidam novus, qui ego magnopere delecto.Compare Under this head there are certain new ideas, with which I am greatly pleased.
Sum enim Scipio non verus tantum virtus mirabilis, sed ars quoque quidam in ostentatio is compositus.Compare For Scipio was not only remarkabke for true virtues, but also fitted by a certain tact for the display of them.
Oppianicus venenum neco dico, qui is do in panis per M. Asellius quidam, familiaris is.Compare You say that Oppianicus has been killed by poison, which was given in bread by the instrumentality of a certain M. Asellius, his friend.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 174.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1551.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "quīdam, quaedam, quiddam (pron.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/quidam-quaedam-quiddam.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 174.on page 174
