quandoquidem

Latin

Alternative forms

  • quandō quidem

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷanˈdoː.kʷi.dem/, [kʷän̪ˈd̪oːkʷɪd̪ɛ̃ˑ] or IPA(key): /kʷanˈdo.kʷi.dem/, [kʷän̪ˈd̪ɔkʷɪd̪ɛ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwanˈdo.kwi.dem/, [kwän̪ˈd̪ɔːkwid̪em]
  • 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, seeing that
    • 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?
    • 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 (2008 December 10) Language and Rhythm in Plautus, De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 51; 248

Further reading

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