quid (1) adv.interrog.
accn. of quis, in what respect? what? how? to what extent? : Quid! quid venire in mentem possit?T.: Quid comedent! ebibent! How! T.: quid si illud addimus? how if? : quid ita? How so? : quid deinde? what then? : quid tum?: quid igitur?: quid postea? what next? : quid enim? what of it? : quid ergo? Cs.— In view of what? why? wherefore? : quid festinas? what's your hurry? T.: sed quid ego argumentor? quid plura disputo?: me quid pudeat?—With ni (in rhet. questions; often written quidni; always with subj.or ellipt.), why not? : Clinia haec fieri videbat? Me . quid ni? T.: quidni, inquit, meminerim?: quidni iste neget?
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
a corruption of cud; as, in vulgar language, a quid of tobacco. In Kent (England), a cow is said to ...
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