See quidam on Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "hic"
},
{
"word": "iste"
},
{
"word": "istic"
},
{
"word": "ille"
},
{
"word": "illic"
},
{
"word": "is"
},
{
"word": "ipse"
},
{
"word": "īdem"
},
{
"word": "quis"
},
{
"word": "quī"
},
{
"word": "quisquis"
},
{
"word": "quīcumque"
},
{
"word": "quīdam"
},
{
"word": "aliquis"
},
{
"word": "aliquī"
},
{
"word": "quispiam"
},
{
"word": "quīvis"
},
{
"word": "quīlibet"
},
{
"word": "quisque"
},
{
"word": "quisquam"
},
{
"word": "ūllus"
},
{
"word": "°aliquisquam"
},
{
"word": "nēmō"
},
{
"word": "nihil"
},
{
"word": "nūllus"
},
{
"word": "alius"
},
{
"word": "uter"
},
{
"word": "utercumque"
},
{
"word": "alteruter"
},
{
"word": "utervīs"
},
{
"word": "uterlibet"
},
{
"word": "uterque"
},
{
"word": "neuter"
},
{
"word": "alter"
},
{
"word": "hīc"
},
{
"word": "istīc"
},
{
"word": "illīc"
},
{
"word": "ibī̆"
},
{
"word": "ibī̆dem"
},
{
"word": "ubī̆"
},
{
"word": "ubiubi"
},
{
"word": "ubī̆cumque"
},
{
"word": "alicubī"
},
{
"word": "uspiam"
},
{
"word": "ubivīs"
},
{
"word": "ubilibet"
},
{
"word": "ubīque"
},
{
"word": "usquam"
},
{
"word": "nusquam"
},
{
"word": "nūllibī"
},
{
"word": "alibī"
},
{
"word": "aliās"
},
{
"word": "hinc"
},
{
"word": "istinc"
},
{
"word": "illinc"
},
{
"word": "inde"
},
{
"word": "indidem"
},
{
"word": "unde"
},
{
"word": "undecumque"
},
{
"word": "undeunde"
},
{
"word": "alicunde"
},
{
"word": "°undelibet"
},
{
"word": "undique"
},
{
"word": "aliunde"
},
{
"word": "hūc"
},
{
"word": "°hōrsum"
},
{
"word": "istūc"
},
{
"word": "°istōrsum"
},
{
"word": "illūc"
},
{
"word": "°illōrsum"
},
{
"word": "eō"
},
{
"word": "eōdem"
},
{
"word": "quō"
},
{
"word": "quōrsum"
},
{
"word": "quōquō"
},
{
"word": "quōcumque"
},
{
"word": "aliquō"
},
{
"word": "quōpiam"
},
{
"word": "°aliquōvorsum"
},
{
"word": "quōvīs"
},
{
"word": "quōlibet"
},
{
"word": "quōquam"
},
{
"word": "nūllōrsum"
},
{
"word": "aliō"
},
{
"word": "aliōrsum"
},
{
"word": "hāc"
},
{
"word": "istāc"
},
{
"word": "illāc"
},
{
"word": "eā"
},
{
"word": "eādem"
},
{
"word": "quā"
},
{
"word": "quāquā"
},
{
"word": "quācumque"
},
{
"word": "aliquā"
},
{
"word": "quāvīs"
},
{
"word": "quālibet"
},
{
"word": "quāque"
},
{
"word": "nēquāquam"
},
{
"word": "haudquāquam"
},
{
"word": "aliā"
},
{
"word": "hōc modō"
},
{
"word": "istō modō"
},
{
"word": "illō modō"
},
{
"word": "ita"
},
{
"word": "sīc"
},
{
"word": "eō modō"
},
{
"word": "item"
},
{
"word": "itidem"
},
{
"word": "ut"
},
{
"word": "quō modō"
},
{
"word": "quōmodo"
},
{
"word": "quemadmodum"
},
{
"word": "utut"
},
{
"word": "utcumque"
},
{
"word": "quōmodocumque"
},
{
"word": "quōdam modō"
},
{
"word": "aliquō modō"
},
{
"word": "quōmodolibet"
},
{
"word": "utīque"
},
{
"word": "ūllō modō"
},
{
"word": "nūllō modō"
},
{
"word": "aliter"
},
{
"word": "aliōquī"
},
{
"word": "alterō"
},
{
"word": "aliō modō"
},
{
"word": "num"
},
{
"word": "nunc"
},
{
"word": "ōlim"
},
{
"word": "tum"
},
{
"word": "tunc"
},
{
"word": "simul"
},
{
"word": "quandō"
},
{
"word": "‡cum"
},
{
"word": "cumque"
},
{
"word": "quandōcumque"
},
{
"word": "quandōque"
},
{
"word": "quondam"
},
{
"word": "aliquandō"
},
{
"word": "quandōlibet"
},
{
"word": "umquam"
},
{
"word": "numquam"
},
{
"word": "tam"
},
{
"word": "†tamen"
},
{
"word": "†tandem"
},
{
"word": "quam"
},
{
"word": "†quamquam"
},
{
"word": "aliquam"
},
{
"word": "quamvīs"
},
{
"word": "quamlibet"
},
{
"word": "tantus"
},
{
"word": "tantusdem"
},
{
"word": "quantus"
},
{
"word": "quantuscumque"
},
{
"word": "aliquantus"
},
{
"word": "quantusvīs"
},
{
"word": "quantuslibet"
},
{
"word": "tālis"
},
{
"word": "quālis"
},
{
"word": "quāliscumque"
},
{
"word": "aliquālis"
},
{
"word": "quālislibet"
},
{
"word": "tot"
},
{
"word": "totidem"
},
{
"word": "quot"
},
{
"word": "quotquot"
},
{
"word": "quotcumque"
},
{
"word": "aliquot"
},
{
"word": "quotlibet"
},
{
"word": "totus"
},
{
"word": "quotus"
},
{
"word": "quotuscumque"
},
{
"word": "aliquotus"
},
{
"word": "quotuslibet"
},
{
"word": "totiēns"
},
{
"word": "quotiēns"
},
{
"word": "quotiēnscumque"
},
{
"word": "aliquotiēns"
},
{
"word": "quotiēnslibet"
},
{
"word": "totuplex"
},
{
"word": "quotuplex"
},
{
"word": "† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated° Rare‡only used as a conjunction"
},
{
"word": "not as an interrogative"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
53,
57
],
[
77,
86
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
58,
65
],
[
103,
109
]
],
"english": "Indeed all the arts, which pertain to humanity, have some common link and by a certain almost-kindred are held together.",
"ref": "c. 62 BCE, Cicero, chapter 1, in Pro Archia Poeta, §2:",
"text": "etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum et quasi cognatione quadam inter se continentur.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Convince yourself that what I write is true: Certain moments are taken from us, some are stolen, still others vanish away.",
"ref": "c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.1",
"text": "Persuādē tibi hoc sīc esse ut scrībō: quaedam tempora ēripiuntur nōbīs, quaedam subdūcuntur, quaedam effluunt."
}
],
"glosses": [
"a certain (person or thing), some (person or thing), one (in the sense of \"a specific\" person or thing not previously introduced in the present discourse)"
],
"links": [
[
"certain",
"certain"
],
[
"some",
"some"
],
[
"one",
"one"
]
],
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"pronoun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkʷiː.dam/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʷiːd̪ä̃ˑ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwi.dam/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkwiːd̪äm]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "quidam"
}
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"section": "Latin",
"subsection": "adjective",
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