"quid" meaning in Latin

See quid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /kʷid/ [Classical], [kʷɪd̪] [Classical], /kwid/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kwid̪] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare *kʷis. The sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek τί (tí). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*kʷid}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷis}} *kʷis, {{adverbial accusative|la|nocap=1}} adverbial accusative, {{cog|grc|τί}} Ancient Greek τί (tí) Head templates: {{la-adv|quid|-}} quid (not comparable)
  1. why? what for? Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-quid-la-adv-3HN-9xre Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Latin adverbial accusatives, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin adverbial accusatives: 32 19 36 13 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 33 8 24 35

Interjection

IPA: /kʷid/ [Classical], [kʷɪd̪] [Classical], /kwid/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kwid̪] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare *kʷis. The sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek τί (tí). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*kʷid}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷis}} *kʷis, {{adverbial accusative|la|nocap=1}} adverbial accusative, {{cog|grc|τί}} Ancient Greek τί (tí) Head templates: {{head|la|interjections|head=quid}} quid, {{la-interj}} quid
  1. well, why, what? Derived forms: quid nī, quidnī, quid ita Related terms: quod, quis
    Sense id: en-quid-la-intj-5Dn8SHJd Categories (other): Latin adverbial accusatives Disambiguation of Latin adverbial accusatives: 32 19 36 13

Pronoun

IPA: /kʷid/ [Classical], [kʷɪd̪] [Classical], /kwid/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kwid̪] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare *kʷis. The sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek τί (tí). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*kʷid}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷis}} *kʷis, {{adverbial accusative|la|nocap=1}} adverbial accusative, {{cog|grc|τί}} Ancient Greek τί (tí) Head templates: {{head|la|pronoun form}} quid
  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of quis Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, singular Form of: quis
    Sense id: en-quid-la-pron-zpLPIKPX Categories (other): Latin adverbial accusatives, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin adverbial accusatives: 32 19 36 13 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 33 8 24 35
  2. (internal accusative) what, how? Derived forms (quid si? (what if?)): Quid si illud addimus
    Sense id: en-quid-la-pron-CXzoAK4N Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Latin adverbial accusatives, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin adverbial accusatives: 32 19 36 13 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 33 8 24 35 Disambiguation of 'quid si? (what if?)': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: quid tibi nomen est?, quid nomen tibi est?, quid tum? (english: what then? how then?), quid ergo (english: ironically), quid agis?, quid ais?

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "quid tibi nomen est?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "quid nomen tibi est?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "what then? how then?",
      "word": "quid tum?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ironically",
      "word": "quid ergo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "quid agis?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "quid ais?"
    }
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What can I say?",
          "text": "Quid dīcam?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        {
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        "neuter nominative/accusative singular of quis"
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "sense": "quid si? (what if?)",
          "word": "Quid si illud addimus"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How will your sister help you now, Turnus?",
          "roman": "Quid nunc tē tua, Turne, potest germāna iuvāre?",
          "text": "Aeneid 12.872 by Vergil"
        }
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        "what, how?"
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      "id": "en-quid-la-pron-CXzoAK4N",
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        [
          "what",
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      "qualifier": "internal accusative",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(internal accusative) what, how?"
      ]
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "[kʷɪd̪]",
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        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwid/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwid̪]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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      ],
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          "english": "why do you cheat the citizens?",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.47",
          "text": "quid frustraris civitatem?"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why do you fight with a bent sword?",
          "ref": "Gesta Danorum (“deeds of the Danes”) by Saxo Grammaticus (in Latin caput 8, liber 1, translation in English chapter 8, book 1)",
          "text": "Quid gladiō pugnās incurvō?"
        }
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        "why? what for?"
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          "why",
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          "what for",
          "what for"
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        "not-comparable"
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        "Classical"
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "/kwid/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwid̪]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quid"
}

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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
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          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: tsi",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: tsi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "tse"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: tse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: tse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: ce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: ce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "che"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: che",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: che"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
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          "expansion": "Neapolitan: che",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: che"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
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      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: chi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
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          "expansion": "Friulian: ce",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Friulian: ce"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "expansion": "Romansch: tge",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Romansch: tge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "ché"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: ché",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: ché"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "què"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: què",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: què"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: quei, que"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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          "expansion": "French: que, quoi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: que, quoi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
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            "3": "qui",
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          },
          "expansion": "Norman: quei, qui, que",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: quei, qui, que"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Picard: quoé",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Picard: quoé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Occitan: qué",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Occitan: qué"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "an",
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          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: que",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: que"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "expansion": "Asturian: que",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Asturian: que"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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            "alts": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: que, q̃, q̇\nFala: que\nGalician: que\nPortuguese: que\nIndo-Portuguese: que",
          "name": "desctree"
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      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: que, q̃, q̇\nFala: que\nGalician: que\nPortuguese: que\nIndo-Portuguese: que"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "expansion": "Spanish: que",
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare *kʷis.\nThe sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek τί (tí).",
  "head_templates": [
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 19 36 13",
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            "Adverbs",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "quid nī"
        },
        {
          "word": "quidnī"
        },
        {
          "word": "quid ita"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What, you mean you don't know?",
          "text": "Quid, an nescīs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's mostly pronounced either by pausing or by leaving it out […] Which solution should we adopt? Why, only by pausing. What is the reason? Because if […]",
          "ref": "Pompeius, Commentum in Artis Donati partem tertiam Keil, GL V, p. 287/14 = Zago (2017), p. 16/7",
          "text": "(discussing moetacism) Plērumque enim aut suspēnsiōne prōnuntiātur aut exclūsiōne […] Nōs quid sequī dēbēmus? Quid, per suspēnsiōnem tantum modo. Quā ratiōne? Quia si […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well, why, what?"
      ],
      "id": "en-quid-la-intj-5Dn8SHJd",
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "quod"
        },
        {
          "word": "quis"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷid/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷɪd̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwid/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwid̪]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quid"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin adverbial accusatives",
    "Latin adverbs",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin interjections",
    "Latin interrogative adverbs",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin pronoun forms",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Latin uncomparable adverbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "quid tibi nomen est?"
    },
    {
      "word": "quid nomen tibi est?"
    },
    {
      "sense": "quid si? (what if?)",
      "word": "Quid si illud addimus"
    },
    {
      "english": "what then? how then?",
      "word": "quid tum?"
    },
    {
      "english": "ironically",
      "word": "quid ergo"
    },
    {
      "word": "quid agis?"
    },
    {
      "word": "quid ais?"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷid"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷid",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*kʷis"
      },
      "expansion": "*kʷis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "adverbial accusative",
      "name": "adverbial accusative"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τί"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τί (tí)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare *kʷis.\nThe sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek τί (tí).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pronoun form"
      },
      "expansion": "quid",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What can I say?",
          "text": "Quid dīcam?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "quis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neuter nominative/accusative singular of quis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quis",
          "quis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How will your sister help you now, Turnus?",
          "roman": "Quid nunc tē tua, Turne, potest germāna iuvāre?",
          "text": "Aeneid 12.872 by Vergil"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what, how?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "internal accusative",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(internal accusative) what, how?"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʷid/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷɪd̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwid/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwid̪]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quid"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin adverbial accusatives",
    "Latin adverbs",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin interjections",
    "Latin interrogative adverbs",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin pronoun forms",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Latin uncomparable adverbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷid"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷid",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*kʷis"
      },
      "expansion": "*kʷis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
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      "name": "adverbial accusative"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τί"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τί (tí)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare *kʷis.\nThe sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek τί (tí).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "quid",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "quid (not comparable)",
      "name": "la-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "why do you cheat the citizens?",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.47",
          "text": "quid frustraris civitatem?"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why do you fight with a bent sword?",
          "ref": "Gesta Danorum (“deeds of the Danes”) by Saxo Grammaticus (in Latin caput 8, liber 1, translation in English chapter 8, book 1)",
          "text": "Quid gladiō pugnās incurvō?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why? what for?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "what for",
          "what for"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷid/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷɪd̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwid/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwid̪]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quid"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin adverbial accusatives",
    "Latin adverbs",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin interjections",
    "Latin interrogative adverbs",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin pronoun forms",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Latin uncomparable adverbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "quid nī"
    },
    {
      "word": "quidnī"
    },
    {
      "word": "quid ita"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "tsi"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: tsi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: tsi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "tse"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: tse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: tse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "ce"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: ce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: ce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "che"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: che",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: che"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "che"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: che",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: che"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "chi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: chi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: chi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "ce"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: ce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: ce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "tge"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: tge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: tge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "ché"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: ché",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: ché"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "què"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: què",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: què"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "quei",
            "3": "que"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: quei, que",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: quei, que"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "que",
            "3": "quoi"
          },
          "expansion": "French: que, quoi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: que, quoi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "quei",
            "3": "qui",
            "4": "que"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: quei, qui, que",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: quei, qui, que"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pcd",
            "2": "quoé"
          },
          "expansion": "Picard: quoé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Picard: quoé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "qué"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: qué",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: qué"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "que"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: que",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "que"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: que",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: que"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mxi",
            "2": "כי",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Mozarabic: כי (ky), כ (k)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mozarabic: כי (ky), כ (k)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "que"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: que, q̃, q̇\nFala: que\nGalician: que\nPortuguese: que\nIndo-Portuguese: que",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: que, q̃, q̇\nFala: que\nGalician: que\nPortuguese: que\nIndo-Portuguese: que"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "que"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: que",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: que"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷid"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "*kʷis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "adverbial accusative",
      "name": "adverbial accusative"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τί"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τί (tí)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare *kʷis.\nThe sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek τί (tí).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "interjections",
        "head": "quid"
      },
      "expansion": "quid",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "quid",
      "name": "la-interj"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "quod"
    },
    {
      "word": "quis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What, you mean you don't know?",
          "text": "Quid, an nescīs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's mostly pronounced either by pausing or by leaving it out […] Which solution should we adopt? Why, only by pausing. What is the reason? Because if […]",
          "ref": "Pompeius, Commentum in Artis Donati partem tertiam Keil, GL V, p. 287/14 = Zago (2017), p. 16/7",
          "text": "(discussing moetacism) Plērumque enim aut suspēnsiōne prōnuntiātur aut exclūsiōne […] Nōs quid sequī dēbēmus? Quid, per suspēnsiōnem tantum modo. Quā ratiōne? Quia si […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well, why, what?"
      ],
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        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷid/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷɪd̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwid/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwid̪]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quid"
}

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