Latin

Adverb

quidem (postpositive)

1. indeed

Usage notes

• Do not confuse quidem with quidam.
• Sometimes emphasizes the word that comes before it.

• e.g. Magister quidem verba deponentia coniugationis primae imperavit, sed haec sunt mihi enigma.

Derived terms

• nē...quidem

References

• quidem in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quidem in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quidem”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • according to my opinion: ut mihi quidem videtur
    
  • according to my opinion: mea (quidem) sententia
    
  • to be ignorant of even the elements of logic: dialecticis ne imbutum quidem esse
    
  • nominally; really: verbo, nomine; re, re quidem vera
    
  • to say not a syllable about a person: ne verbum (without unum) quidem de aliquo facere
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: atque or sed haec (quidem) hactenus
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: atque haec quidem de...
    
  • this much he said: haec (quidem) ille
    
  • there is something in what you say; you are more or less right: est istuc quidem aliquid
    
  • no wonder: nec mirum, minime mirum (id quidem), quid mirum?
    
  • quite rightly: et recte (iure) quidem
    
  • quite rightly: recte, iure id quidem