"quid ni" meaning in Latin

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Adverb

IPA: /kʷid niː/ [Classical], [kʷɪd̪ niː] [Classical], /kwid ni/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kwid̪ niː] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: quid nī [canonical]
Etymology: quid (“what”) + nī (“unless, not”) Etymology templates: {{affix|la|quid|nī|t1=what|t2=unless, not}} quid (“what”) + nī (“unless, not”) Head templates: {{la-adv|quid nī?|-}} quid nī? (not comparable)
  1. why not? what else? Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: quidnī
    Sense id: en-quid_ni-la-adv-nnofDggL Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 88 12
  2. of course Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-quid_ni-la-adv-GeJA82mN

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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well, did Clinia see all this going on? - How shouldn't he? He was with me.",
          "text": "Hem, Clinia haec fieri videbat? Quid nī? Mecum una simul.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why not? That I may be imposed upon the more easily.",
          "text": "Quid nī? Quo verba facilius dentur mihi.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You understand the whole affair? - Why should I not understand it?",
          "text": "Omnem rem tenes? - Quid ego nī teneam?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why should he not take her?",
          "text": "Quid illam nī abducat?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why shouldn't I think so?",
          "text": "Quid ego nī ita censeam?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why shouldn't I cry?",
          "text": "Quid ego nī fleam?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why mustn't I remember, says he?",
          "text": "Quidnī, inquit, meminerim?",
          "type": "example"
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        "why not? what else?"
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        {
          "english": "Of course I remember.",
          "text": "Quid nī meminerim.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Of course I can.",
          "text": "Quid nī possim.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why should he not praise him! (of course he should praise him)",
          "text": "Quid nī laudet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Of course he was.",
          "text": "Quid nī esset.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "of course"
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      "ipa": "/kʷid niː/",
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      "ipa": "/kwid ni/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
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      "ipa": "[kwid̪ niː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        {
          "english": "Well, did Clinia see all this going on? - How shouldn't he? He was with me.",
          "text": "Hem, Clinia haec fieri videbat? Quid nī? Mecum una simul.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why not? That I may be imposed upon the more easily.",
          "text": "Quid nī? Quo verba facilius dentur mihi.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You understand the whole affair? - Why should I not understand it?",
          "text": "Omnem rem tenes? - Quid ego nī teneam?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why should he not take her?",
          "text": "Quid illam nī abducat?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why shouldn't I think so?",
          "text": "Quid ego nī ita censeam?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why shouldn't I cry?",
          "text": "Quid ego nī fleam?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why mustn't I remember, says he?",
          "text": "Quidnī, inquit, meminerim?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "english": "Of course I remember.",
          "text": "Quid nī meminerim.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Of course I can.",
          "text": "Quid nī possim.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why should he not praise him! (of course he should praise him)",
          "text": "Quid nī laudet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Of course he was.",
          "text": "Quid nī esset.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "of course"
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        [
          "of course",
          "of course"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʷid niː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷɪd̪ niː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwid ni/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwid̪ niː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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    {
      "word": "quidnī"
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