adverb
quidem
quidem (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷɪ.dẽː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷiː.dem]
№ 136 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- not comparablepostpositionalindeed
- emphaticnot comparablepostpositionalin fact
Tum sē quiētī dedit et quiēvit vērissimō quidem somnō
Then he gave himself to rest and rested with what was in fact a very true sleep61 CE – c. 112 CE, Plinius Minor, Epistulae 6.16.13 - not comparablepostpositionalat least
meā quidem sententiā
at least in my opinion
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- haec (quidem) ille
- this much he said.
- recte, iure id quidem
- quite rightly.
- et recte (iure) quidem
- quite rightly.
- ut mihi quidem videtur
- according to my opinion.
- mea (quidem) sententia
- according to my opinion.
- atque haec quidem de...
- so much for this subject...; enough has been said on...
- est istuc quidem aliquid
- there is something in what you say; you are more or less right.
- verbo, nomine; re, re quidem vera
- nominally; really.
4 more phrases
- dialecticis ne imbutum quidem esse
- to be ignorant of even the elements of logic.
- atque or sed haec (quidem) hactenus
- so much for this subject...; enough has been said on...
- nec mirum, minime mirum (id quidem), quid mirum?
- no wonder.
- ne verbum (without unum) quidem de aliquo facere
- to say not a syllable about a person.
quĭdem, adv.
I. Indeed:
sibi quidem persuaderi, eum, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 40: tantum doleo, ac mirifice quidem, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1: in his locis post solstitium Canicula oritur, et quidem aliquot diebus, id. Div. 2, 44, 93.—B. Esp.
1. In a confirmation or extension of what precedes, too, also:
et poscit quidem, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 45: pergam, quo coepi hoc iter, Et quidem ego, id. Hec. 1, 2, 120: quod quidem perillustre fuit, Nep. Att. 12, 3.—2. In a qualification or opposing thought, but, however, yet:
utebatur hominibus improbis multis, et quidem optimis se viris deditum esse simulabat, Cic. Cael. 5, 12: re quidem verā, but in fact, Nep. Con. 2, 2; id. Hann. 2, 6.—C. In the phrases,
1. Ne ... quidem, not even:
ne obsidibus quidem datis pacem redimere potuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 37 (v. ne).—2. Nec (neque) . . . quidem, and not indeed, and that not (very rare, and never ac or et ne quidem; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. Exc. 111, p. 809 sqq.; Rib. Lat. Part. p. 46 sqq.): his litteris animum tuum confirmandum puto;
nec iis quidem verbis, quibus ... sed ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2: nec ejus quidem rei finem video, id. ib. 12, 1, 1: nec nunc quidem viris desidero adulescentis, id. Sen. 9, 27; Quint. 9, 3, 55. — II. At least, certainly, in truth, forsooth:
unum quidem hercle certum promitto tibi, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 26: non video causam, cur ita sit, hoc quidem tempore, Cic. Att. 9, 2, 2: ex me quidem nihil audire potuisses, id. N. D. 1, 21, 57: nunc quidem profecto Romae es, id. Att. 6, 5, 1: volui id quidem efficere certe, id. Brut. 3, 13: quidem certe, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 261; Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 4 al.— In expressing the utmost indignation, indeed, truly: nam istaec quidem contumelia est, for that is an affront indeed, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 5; Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 82.—III. In introducing an example, for instance, for example:
Dicaearchus quidem et Aristoxenus nullum omnino animum esse dixerunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 51; 1, 33, 80; Nep. Att. 11, 4; 14, 1Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quidem adv.
2 qui+demonst. ending -dem. Expressing emphasis or assurance, assuredly, certainly, in fact, indeed : istaec quidem contumelia est, an affront indeed , T.: decipere hoc quidem est, non iudicare: et poscit quidem? really , T.: sibi quidem persuaderi, eum, etc., Cs.: post solstitium, et quidem aliquot diebus: quod quidem perinlustre fuit, N.—In answers, certainly, of course : visne sermoni demus operam sedentes? sane quidem, by all means . si quidem dicimus, etc., since . —In antithesis, but, however, yet : utebatur hominibus improbis multis, et quidem optimis se viris deditum esse simulabat: re quidem verā, but in fact , N.—Introducing an example, for instance, for example : Dicaearchus quidem et Aristoxenus nullum omnino animum esse dixerunt.—Restrictive, at least, certainly, in truth : nihil ex me quidem audire potuisses: nunc quidem profecto Romae es: vestrae quidem certe vitae prospiciam, Cs.—In the phrase, ne . . . quidem, not even : ne obsidibus quidem datis pacem redimere potuisse, Cs.: ac ne illud quidem vobis neglegendum est. —For et ne . . . quidem, nec . . . quidem is rare, and not indeed, and that not : nec eius quidem rei finem video.
Origins
From quid + Proto-Italic *-im (emphatic marker); morphologically compare idem, from is (“he”).