LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

per quid

per quid (not comparable)
Classical[ˈpɛr ˈkʷɪd]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr ˈkʷid]

Meaning

  1. interrogativenot comparablefor what?, why?
    ‘oro, per quid?’ quod sororem suam, festivissiman omnium puellarum, quam omnes Venerem vocarent, maluit Iunonem vocare.54 CE, Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior Apocolocyntosis divi Claudii.8
  2. not comparablerelativefor this reason; for that

Origins

Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanper què
  • Catalanperquè
  • Occitanperqué
Gallo-Romance: (per influenced by pro)
  • Frenchpourquoifrom Old French por quoi
  • Frenchparce quefrom Old French por quoi
Italo-Romance
  • Italianperché

Quick answers

What does per quid mean in Latin?
per quid, a adverb, means “for what?, why?; for this reason; for that”.
How do you pronounce per quid?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɛr ˈkʷɪd]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɛr ˈkʷid].