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|lshtext=<b>quis</b>: [[quid]] (old<br /><b>I</b> nom. plur. QVES, S. C. Bacch.), pron. interrog. [Sanscr. kis, in nakis = [[nemo]]; Gr. τίς], [[who]]? [[which]]? [[what]]? [[what]] [[man]]? ([[while]] qui, quae, [[quod]], interrog. is used adject.; for exceptions, v. qui and [[infra]].—Quis is [[properly]] used [[only]] of [[more]] [[than]] [[two]]; [[uter]], [[which]] of [[two]]?<br /> v. [[infra]]).<br /><b>I</b> Masc. and fem. [[quis]]; lit.,<br /> <b>A</b> As subst., in a [[direct]] [[question]].<br /> <b>1</b> Of males: [[unde]] es? cujus es? whose are [[you]]? to whom do [[you]] belong? Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 44: Da. Quis [[homo]] est? Pa. Ego [[sum]] [[Pamphilus]], [[who]] is [[there]]? Ter. And. 5, 6, 1: [[quis]] clarior in Graeciā Themistocle? [[quis]] potentior? Cic. Lael. 12, 42; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137: [[quis]] Dionem doctrinis omnibus expolivit? non [[Plato]]? id. ib. 3, 34, 139.—<br /> <b>2</b> Quis, of females, as subst. and adj. ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): et [[quis]] illaec est, quae? etc., Enn. ap. Non. 198, 3 (Trag. v. 133 Vahl.): [[quis]] tu es [[mulier]], quae? etc., Pac. ap. Non. 197, 33; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.: [[quis]] ea est, [[quam]]? etc., [[who]] is she? Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48: [[quis]] haec est? id. Pers. 2, 2, 18: [[quis]] illaec est [[mulier]], quae? etc., id. Ep. 4, 1, 6: sed haec [[quis]] [[mulier]] est? id. Truc. 1, 1, 76: [[quis]] nostrarum fuit, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23: [[quis]] haec est [[simia]]? Afran. ap. [[Charis]]. 1, p. 84.—<br /> <b>B</b> As adj.<br /> <b>1</b> Absol., [[what]]? i. e. [[what]] [[sort]] of a [[person]] or [[thing]]? [[quis]] videor? Cha. Miser [[aeque]] [[atque]] ego, in [[what]] [[state]] or [[condition]] do I [[seem]]? [[what]] do [[you]] [[think]] of me [[now]]? Ter. And. 4, 2, 19: [[quis]] ego [[sum]]? aut quae in me est [[facultas]]? Cic. Lael. 5, 17. —<br /> <b>2</b> With nouns.<br /> <b>(a)</b> With words denoting a [[person]] ([[class]].): [[quis]] eum [[senator]] appellavit, Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12: [[quis]] [[gracilis]] [[puer]], Hor. C. 1, 5, 1.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> In gen. (in Cic. [[only]] [[before]] a vowel, for qui): [[quis]] [[color]], Verg. G. 2, 178: quisve [[locus]], Liv. 5, 40: [[quod]] caedis [[initium]]? [[quis]] [[finis]]? Tac. A. 1, 48: [[quis]] esset [[tantus]] [[fructus]]? Cic. Lael. 6, 22. —<br /><b>II</b> In neutr.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> In [[simple]] constr.: [[quid]] dicam de moribus facillimis, Cic. Lael. 3, 11: [[quid]] est judicium corrumpere, si hoc non est? [[what]] is bribing the [[court]], if this be not? id. Verr. 1, 10, 28: [[quid]] ais? [[quid]] [[tibi]] [[nomen]] est? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208.—<br /> <b>2</b> With gen. partit., [[what]]? i. e. [[what]] [[sort]] of? [[what]] [[kind]] of a? [[quid]] mulieris Uxorem habes? [[what]] [[sort]] of a [[woman]] [[have]] [[you]] for a [[wife]]? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21: [[quid]] [[illuc]] est hominum [[secundum]] [[litus]]? [[what]] is [[that]] [[knot]] of [[people]]? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 60: [[quid]] caelati argenti, [[quid]] stragulae [[vestis]], [[quid]] pictarum tabularum ... [[apud]] illum putatis esse? Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; cf. esp.: hoc [[enim]], [[quis]] [[homo]] [[sit]], ostendere est, non [[quid]] [[homo]] [[sit]], dicere, i. e. to [[point]] [[out]] an [[individual]], not to [[define]] a [[class]], Gell. 4, 1, 12.—<br /> <b>3</b> Esp. in [[phrase]] [[quid]] [[dico]]? [[what]] do I [[say]]? in correcting or strengthening the [[speaker]]'s [[own]] [[expression]]: Romae a. d. XIIII. Kal. volumus esse. Quid [[dico]]? Volumus? Immo [[vero]] cogimur, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1; id. Fam. 5, 15, 2; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. de Or. 2, 90, 365; id. Lig. 9, 26.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> Quid? [[how]]? [[why]]? [[wherefore]]? [[quid]]? tu me hoc [[tibi]] mandasse existimas, ut? etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: [[quid]] hoc? id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25: [[quid]]? eundem [[nonne]] destituisti? id. Phil. 2, 38, 99: eloquere, [[quid]] venisti? [[why]]? [[wherefore]]? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 221: sed [[quid]] ego [[argumentor]]? [[quid]] plura [[disputo]]? Cic. Mil. 16, 44. —<br /> <b>2</b> In [[quid]]? [[wherefore]]? for [[what]]? Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3. —<br /> <b>3</b> Quid, [[with]] particles: [[quid]], [[quod]]? [[what]] shall be said to this, [[that]]? [[how]] is it [[that]]? and furthermore, [[moreover]], Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. Ac. 2, 29, 95 et saep.: [[quid]] ita? [[why]] so? id. N. D. 1, 35, 99: [[quid]] ni, also in one [[word]], [[quidni]]? [[why]] not? (in rhet. questions, [[while]] [[cur]] non expects an [[answer]]); [[always]] [[with]] subj., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 34; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 73; Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; id. Ira, 1, 6, 1; cf. separated: [[quid]] ego ni teneam? Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 57; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28; and pleonastically: [[quid]] ni non, Sen. Ep. 52: [[quid]] si? [[how]] if? Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4: [[quid]] si illud addimus, Cic. Lael. 14, 50: [[quid]] tum? [[what]] [[then]]? [[how]] [[then]]? id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26; Verg. A. 4, 543; id. E. 10, 38; Hor. S. 2, 3, 230: [[quid]] [[ergo]], [[ironically]], Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 14: [[quid]] [[enim]], id. Fin. 2, 19, 62; Liv. 20, 9.—<br /><b>III</b> In [[indirect]] [[discourse]]: [[quis]] sim, ex eo quem ad te misi, cognosces, Sall. C. 44, 5: rogitat [[quis]] vir esset, Liv. 1, 7, 9: videbis, [[quid]] et quo [[modo]], Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: [[quis]] quem, [[who]] ... whom? [[who]] ... the [[other]]? considera, [[quis]] quem fraudasse dicatur, [[who]] is said to [[have]] defrauded whom? id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21: quos [[autem]] numeros cum quibus misceri oporteat, [[nunc]] dicendum est, [[what]] ... [[with]] [[what]]? id. Or. 58, 196: notatum in sermone, [[quid]] quo [[modo]] caderet, Quint. 1, 6, 16. — Quid [[with]] gen.: exponam [[vobis]] [[breviter]], [[quid]] hominis [[sit]], [[what]] [[sort]] of a [[man]] he is, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: sciturum, [[quid]] ejus [[sit]], [[what]] [[there]] is in it, [[how]] [[much]] of it [[may]] be true, id. Att. 16, 4, 3.— Rarely for [[uter]], [[which]] of [[two]], [[whether]]: incerti quae [[pars]] sequenda esset, Liv. 21, 39, 6: proelia de occupando ponte crebra erant, nec qui potirentur, [[satis]] discerni poterat, id. 7, 9, 7: ut dii legerent, qui [[nomen]] novae urbi daret, id. 1, 6, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; id. 1, 24, 3; 9, 45, 8; 10, 12, 5; cf.: validior per Germaniam [[exercitus]], [[propior]] [[aput]] Pannoniam; quos [[igitur]] anteferret? Tac. A. 1, 47.<br /><b>quis</b>: [[quid]],<br /><b>I</b> pron. indef.<br /><b>I</b> As subst.<br /> <b>A</b> [[Alone]], [[any]] one, [[any]] [[body]], [[any]] [[thing]]; [[some]] one, [[somebody]], [[something]]: aperite, [[heus!]] Simoni me adesse, [[quis]] nunciate, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 37: simplicior [[quis]], et est, etc., Hor. S. 1, 3, 63: [[quantum]] [[quis]] damni [[professus]] erat, Tac. A. 2, 26: [[quanto]] [[quis]] clarior, id. H. 3, 58: injuriam cui facere, Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71.—<br /> <b>B</b> In [[connection]] [[with]] si, ne, [[nisi]], cum: si te in judicium [[quis]] adducat, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35: ne cui [[falso]] assentiamur, id. Fin. 3, 21, 72: si [[tecum]] agas [[quid]], id. Off. 1, 2, 4: si [[quid]] in te peccavi ignosce, id. Att. 3, 15, 4: si [[quis]] [[quid]] de re publicā rumore acceperit, Caes. B. G. 6, 20: si quo usui esse posset, Liv. 40, 26, 8: ne [[quid]] [[nimis]], Ter. And. 1, 1, 34: [[nisi]] [[quid]] existimas, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2: [[neve]] [[quis]] invitam cogeret esse suam, Prop. 1, 3, 30: cum [[quid]], Col. 4, 25.—<br /><b>II</b> As adj.: jam [[quis]] [[forsitan]] [[hostis]] Haesura in nostro [[tela]] gerit latere, Tib. 1, 10, 13.<br /><b>quīs</b>: for quibus, v. [[quis]] and qui. | |lshtext=<b>quis</b>: [[quid]] (old<br /><b>I</b> nom. plur. QVES, S. C. Bacch.), pron. interrog. [Sanscr. kis, in nakis = [[nemo]]; Gr. τίς], [[who]]? [[which]]? [[what]]? [[what]] [[man]]? ([[while]] qui, quae, [[quod]], interrog. is used adject.; for exceptions, v. qui and [[infra]].—Quis is [[properly]] used [[only]] of [[more]] [[than]] [[two]]; [[uter]], [[which]] of [[two]]?<br /> v. [[infra]]).<br /><b>I</b> Masc. and fem. [[quis]]; lit.,<br /> <b>A</b> As subst., in a [[direct]] [[question]].<br /> <b>1</b> Of males: [[unde]] es? cujus es? whose are [[you]]? to whom do [[you]] belong? Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 44: Da. Quis [[homo]] est? Pa. Ego [[sum]] [[Pamphilus]], [[who]] is [[there]]? Ter. And. 5, 6, 1: [[quis]] clarior in Graeciā Themistocle? [[quis]] potentior? Cic. Lael. 12, 42; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137: [[quis]] Dionem doctrinis omnibus expolivit? non [[Plato]]? id. ib. 3, 34, 139.—<br /> <b>2</b> Quis, of females, as subst. and adj. ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): et [[quis]] illaec est, quae? etc., Enn. ap. Non. 198, 3 (Trag. v. 133 Vahl.): [[quis]] tu es [[mulier]], quae? etc., Pac. ap. Non. 197, 33; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.: [[quis]] ea est, [[quam]]? etc., [[who]] is she? Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48: [[quis]] haec est? id. Pers. 2, 2, 18: [[quis]] illaec est [[mulier]], quae? etc., id. Ep. 4, 1, 6: sed haec [[quis]] [[mulier]] est? id. Truc. 1, 1, 76: [[quis]] nostrarum fuit, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23: [[quis]] haec est [[simia]]? Afran. ap. [[Charis]]. 1, p. 84.—<br /> <b>B</b> As adj.<br /> <b>1</b> Absol., [[what]]? i. e. [[what]] [[sort]] of a [[person]] or [[thing]]? [[quis]] videor? Cha. Miser [[aeque]] [[atque]] ego, in [[what]] [[state]] or [[condition]] do I [[seem]]? [[what]] do [[you]] [[think]] of me [[now]]? Ter. And. 4, 2, 19: [[quis]] ego [[sum]]? aut quae in me est [[facultas]]? Cic. Lael. 5, 17. —<br /> <b>2</b> With nouns.<br /> <b>(a)</b> With words denoting a [[person]] ([[class]].): [[quis]] eum [[senator]] appellavit, Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12: [[quis]] [[gracilis]] [[puer]], Hor. C. 1, 5, 1.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> In gen. (in Cic. [[only]] [[before]] a vowel, for qui): [[quis]] [[color]], Verg. G. 2, 178: quisve [[locus]], Liv. 5, 40: [[quod]] caedis [[initium]]? [[quis]] [[finis]]? Tac. A. 1, 48: [[quis]] esset [[tantus]] [[fructus]]? Cic. Lael. 6, 22. —<br /><b>II</b> In neutr.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> In [[simple]] constr.: [[quid]] dicam de moribus facillimis, Cic. Lael. 3, 11: [[quid]] est judicium corrumpere, si hoc non est? [[what]] is bribing the [[court]], if this be not? id. Verr. 1, 10, 28: [[quid]] ais? [[quid]] [[tibi]] [[nomen]] est? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208.—<br /> <b>2</b> With gen. partit., [[what]]? i. e. [[what]] [[sort]] of? [[what]] [[kind]] of a? [[quid]] mulieris Uxorem habes? [[what]] [[sort]] of a [[woman]] [[have]] [[you]] for a [[wife]]? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21: [[quid]] [[illuc]] est hominum [[secundum]] [[litus]]? [[what]] is [[that]] [[knot]] of [[people]]? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 60: [[quid]] caelati argenti, [[quid]] stragulae [[vestis]], [[quid]] pictarum tabularum ... [[apud]] illum putatis esse? Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; cf. esp.: hoc [[enim]], [[quis]] [[homo]] [[sit]], ostendere est, non [[quid]] [[homo]] [[sit]], dicere, i. e. to [[point]] [[out]] an [[individual]], not to [[define]] a [[class]], Gell. 4, 1, 12.—<br /> <b>3</b> Esp. in [[phrase]] [[quid]] [[dico]]? [[what]] do I [[say]]? in correcting or strengthening the [[speaker]]'s [[own]] [[expression]]: Romae a. d. XIIII. Kal. volumus esse. Quid [[dico]]? Volumus? Immo [[vero]] cogimur, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1; id. Fam. 5, 15, 2; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. de Or. 2, 90, 365; id. Lig. 9, 26.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> Quid? [[how]]? [[why]]? [[wherefore]]? [[quid]]? tu me hoc [[tibi]] mandasse existimas, ut? etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: [[quid]] hoc? id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25: [[quid]]? eundem [[nonne]] destituisti? id. Phil. 2, 38, 99: eloquere, [[quid]] venisti? [[why]]? [[wherefore]]? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 221: sed [[quid]] ego [[argumentor]]? [[quid]] plura [[disputo]]? Cic. Mil. 16, 44. —<br /> <b>2</b> In [[quid]]? [[wherefore]]? for [[what]]? Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3. —<br /> <b>3</b> Quid, [[with]] particles: [[quid]], [[quod]]? [[what]] shall be said to this, [[that]]? [[how]] is it [[that]]? and furthermore, [[moreover]], Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. Ac. 2, 29, 95 et saep.: [[quid]] ita? [[why]] so? id. N. D. 1, 35, 99: [[quid]] ni, also in one [[word]], [[quidni]]? [[why]] not? (in rhet. questions, [[while]] [[cur]] non expects an [[answer]]); [[always]] [[with]] subj., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 34; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 73; Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; id. Ira, 1, 6, 1; cf. separated: [[quid]] ego ni teneam? Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 57; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28; and pleonastically: [[quid]] ni non, Sen. Ep. 52: [[quid]] si? [[how]] if? Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4: [[quid]] si illud addimus, Cic. Lael. 14, 50: [[quid]] tum? [[what]] [[then]]? [[how]] [[then]]? id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26; Verg. A. 4, 543; id. E. 10, 38; Hor. S. 2, 3, 230: [[quid]] [[ergo]], [[ironically]], Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 14: [[quid]] [[enim]], id. Fin. 2, 19, 62; Liv. 20, 9.—<br /><b>III</b> In [[indirect]] [[discourse]]: [[quis]] sim, ex eo quem ad te misi, cognosces, Sall. C. 44, 5: rogitat [[quis]] vir esset, Liv. 1, 7, 9: videbis, [[quid]] et quo [[modo]], Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: [[quis]] quem, [[who]] ... whom? [[who]] ... the [[other]]? considera, [[quis]] quem fraudasse dicatur, [[who]] is said to [[have]] defrauded whom? id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21: quos [[autem]] numeros cum quibus misceri oporteat, [[nunc]] dicendum est, [[what]] ... [[with]] [[what]]? id. Or. 58, 196: notatum in sermone, [[quid]] quo [[modo]] caderet, Quint. 1, 6, 16. — Quid [[with]] gen.: exponam [[vobis]] [[breviter]], [[quid]] hominis [[sit]], [[what]] [[sort]] of a [[man]] he is, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: sciturum, [[quid]] ejus [[sit]], [[what]] [[there]] is in it, [[how]] [[much]] of it [[may]] be true, id. Att. 16, 4, 3.— Rarely for [[uter]], [[which]] of [[two]], [[whether]]: incerti quae [[pars]] sequenda esset, Liv. 21, 39, 6: proelia de occupando ponte crebra erant, nec qui potirentur, [[satis]] discerni poterat, id. 7, 9, 7: ut dii legerent, qui [[nomen]] novae urbi daret, id. 1, 6, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; id. 1, 24, 3; 9, 45, 8; 10, 12, 5; cf.: validior per Germaniam [[exercitus]], [[propior]] [[aput]] Pannoniam; quos [[igitur]] anteferret? Tac. A. 1, 47.<br /><b>quis</b>: [[quid]],<br /><b>I</b> pron. indef.<br /><b>I</b> As subst.<br /> <b>A</b> [[Alone]], [[any]] one, [[any]] [[body]], [[any]] [[thing]]; [[some]] one, [[somebody]], [[something]]: aperite, [[heus!]] Simoni me adesse, [[quis]] nunciate, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 37: simplicior [[quis]], et est, etc., Hor. S. 1, 3, 63: [[quantum]] [[quis]] damni [[professus]] erat, Tac. A. 2, 26: [[quanto]] [[quis]] clarior, id. H. 3, 58: injuriam cui facere, Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71.—<br /> <b>B</b> In [[connection]] [[with]] si, ne, [[nisi]], cum: si te in judicium [[quis]] adducat, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35: ne cui [[falso]] assentiamur, id. Fin. 3, 21, 72: si [[tecum]] agas [[quid]], id. Off. 1, 2, 4: si [[quid]] in te peccavi ignosce, id. Att. 3, 15, 4: si [[quis]] [[quid]] de re publicā rumore acceperit, Caes. B. G. 6, 20: si quo usui esse posset, Liv. 40, 26, 8: ne [[quid]] [[nimis]], Ter. And. 1, 1, 34: [[nisi]] [[quid]] existimas, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2: [[neve]] [[quis]] invitam cogeret esse suam, Prop. 1, 3, 30: cum [[quid]], Col. 4, 25.—<br /><b>II</b> As adj.: jam [[quis]] [[forsitan]] [[hostis]] Haesura in nostro [[tela]] gerit latere, Tib. 1, 10, 13.<br /><b>quīs</b>: for quibus, v. [[quis]] and qui. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>quĭs</b>,² <b>quĭd</b> [v. ce mot] :<br /><b>1</b> pron. interrog. [direct et indir.], qui : <b> a)</b> [subst.] [[quis]] clarior in Græcia Themistocle ? Cic. Læl. 42, qui en Grèce fut [[plus]] [[illustre]] que Thémistocle ? [[quis]] illæc [[est]] [[mulier]] ? Pl. Epid. 533, qui [[est]] [[cette]] femme-là ? cf. Aul. 168 ; Pers. 200 ; [[quis]] erit [[quin]] malit... ? Cic. Amer. 34, y [[aura]]-t-il qqn pour ne pas aimer mieux... ? || considera [[quis]] quem fraudasse dicatur Cic. Com. 21, [en parl. de deux] examine lequel a trompé, suivant ce qu’on dit, et lequel a été trompé ; [[quis]] sim, cognosces Sall. C. 44, 5, tu apprendras qui je [[suis]], mon nom, cf. Cic. Cat. 3, 12 || qqf. exclamatif : Cic. Tusc. 1, 97 || <b> b)</b> adj., [[quis]] [[senator]]...? Cic. Cat. 2, 12, quel sénateur...? rogitat, [[quis]] [[vir]] esset Liv. 1, 7, 9, il demande qui il [[est]]<br /><b>2</b> pron. indéfini, quelqu’un : <b> a)</b> dixerit [[quis]] Cic. Off. 3, 76, dirait qqn ; filiam [[quis]] habet Cic. Par. 44, qqn a une fille [hypothèse], cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 35 ; Off. 3, 110 ; <b> b)</b> après si, [[nisi]], ne, cum, num : Cic. Phil. 2, 35 ; Clu. 96 ; ne [[quis]] [[vir]] [[clarus]]... videatur Cic. Prov. 39, pour éviter que quelque homme [[illustre]] ne paraisse... ; cum [[quis]] Cic. Prov. 5 ; [[etiamsi]] [[quis]] Cic. Nat. 3, 90 ; num [[quis]]... ? Cic. Nat. 3, 87, [[est]]-ce que qqn... ? [[sive]] [[quis]] [[deus]] Cic. CM 40, soit qq. dieu ; [[sive]] [[alius]] [[quis]] Cic. de Or. 2, 357, soit qq. autre<br /><b>3</b> relatif, généralement indéterminé : [[nimis]] [[homo]] nihilist, [[quis]] [[piger]] [[est]] Pl. Rud. 920, il [[est]] par trop un homme de [[rien]], celui qui [[est]] paresseux : [[dominus]] vino [[quid]] volet faciet [[Cato]] Agr. 148, 1, le maître [[fera]] de son vin ce qu’il voudra ; qui placebunt [[aut]] custodi [[aut]] [[quis]]... emerit [[Cato]] Agr. 145, 1, qui plairont ou au surveillant ou à celui qui [[aura]] acheté ; v. Gaffiot, 1930, p. 163. nom. pl. arch. [[ques]] Pacuv. 221 ; S. C. Bac. ; pl. n. [[qua]] Inscr. ; gén. [[quium]] Cat. d. Serv. En. 1, 95.<br />(2) <b>quīs</b>, dat.-abl. pl. arch. de qui, v. qui. | |||
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quis: quid (old
I nom. plur. QVES, S. C. Bacch.), pron. interrog. [Sanscr. kis, in nakis = nemo; Gr. τίς], who? which? what? what man? (while qui, quae, quod, interrog. is used adject.; for exceptions, v. qui and infra.—Quis is properly used only of more than two; uter, which of two?
v. infra).
I Masc. and fem. quis; lit.,
A As subst., in a direct question.
1 Of males: unde es? cujus es? whose are you? to whom do you belong? Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 44: Da. Quis homo est? Pa. Ego sum Pamphilus, who is there? Ter. And. 5, 6, 1: quis clarior in Graeciā Themistocle? quis potentior? Cic. Lael. 12, 42; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137: quis Dionem doctrinis omnibus expolivit? non Plato? id. ib. 3, 34, 139.—
2 Quis, of females, as subst. and adj. (ante- and post-class.): et quis illaec est, quae? etc., Enn. ap. Non. 198, 3 (Trag. v. 133 Vahl.): quis tu es mulier, quae? etc., Pac. ap. Non. 197, 33; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.: quis ea est, quam? etc., who is she? Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48: quis haec est? id. Pers. 2, 2, 18: quis illaec est mulier, quae? etc., id. Ep. 4, 1, 6: sed haec quis mulier est? id. Truc. 1, 1, 76: quis nostrarum fuit, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23: quis haec est simia? Afran. ap. Charis. 1, p. 84.—
B As adj.
1 Absol., what? i. e. what sort of a person or thing? quis videor? Cha. Miser aeque atque ego, in what state or condition do I seem? what do you think of me now? Ter. And. 4, 2, 19: quis ego sum? aut quae in me est facultas? Cic. Lael. 5, 17. —
2 With nouns.
(a) With words denoting a person (class.): quis eum senator appellavit, Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12: quis gracilis puer, Hor. C. 1, 5, 1.—
(b) In gen. (in Cic. only before a vowel, for qui): quis color, Verg. G. 2, 178: quisve locus, Liv. 5, 40: quod caedis initium? quis finis? Tac. A. 1, 48: quis esset tantus fructus? Cic. Lael. 6, 22. —
II In neutr.
A Lit.
1 In simple constr.: quid dicam de moribus facillimis, Cic. Lael. 3, 11: quid est judicium corrumpere, si hoc non est? what is bribing the court, if this be not? id. Verr. 1, 10, 28: quid ais? quid tibi nomen est? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208.—
2 With gen. partit., what? i. e. what sort of? what kind of a? quid mulieris Uxorem habes? what sort of a woman have you for a wife? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21: quid illuc est hominum secundum litus? what is that knot of people? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 60: quid caelati argenti, quid stragulae vestis, quid pictarum tabularum ... apud illum putatis esse? Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; cf. esp.: hoc enim, quis homo sit, ostendere est, non quid homo sit, dicere, i. e. to point out an individual, not to define a class, Gell. 4, 1, 12.—
3 Esp. in phrase quid dico? what do I say? in correcting or strengthening the speaker's own expression: Romae a. d. XIIII. Kal. volumus esse. Quid dico? Volumus? Immo vero cogimur, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1; id. Fam. 5, 15, 2; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. de Or. 2, 90, 365; id. Lig. 9, 26.—
B Transf.
1 Quid? how? why? wherefore? quid? tu me hoc tibi mandasse existimas, ut? etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: quid hoc? id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25: quid? eundem nonne destituisti? id. Phil. 2, 38, 99: eloquere, quid venisti? why? wherefore? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 221: sed quid ego argumentor? quid plura disputo? Cic. Mil. 16, 44. —
2 In quid? wherefore? for what? Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3. —
3 Quid, with particles: quid, quod? what shall be said to this, that? how is it that? and furthermore, moreover, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. Ac. 2, 29, 95 et saep.: quid ita? why so? id. N. D. 1, 35, 99: quid ni, also in one word, quidni? why not? (in rhet. questions, while cur non expects an answer); always with subj., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 34; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 73; Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; id. Ira, 1, 6, 1; cf. separated: quid ego ni teneam? Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 57; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28; and pleonastically: quid ni non, Sen. Ep. 52: quid si? how if? Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4: quid si illud addimus, Cic. Lael. 14, 50: quid tum? what then? how then? id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26; Verg. A. 4, 543; id. E. 10, 38; Hor. S. 2, 3, 230: quid ergo, ironically, Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 14: quid enim, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62; Liv. 20, 9.—
III In indirect discourse: quis sim, ex eo quem ad te misi, cognosces, Sall. C. 44, 5: rogitat quis vir esset, Liv. 1, 7, 9: videbis, quid et quo modo, Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quis quem, who ... whom? who ... the other? considera, quis quem fraudasse dicatur, who is said to have defrauded whom? id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21: quos autem numeros cum quibus misceri oporteat, nunc dicendum est, what ... with what? id. Or. 58, 196: notatum in sermone, quid quo modo caderet, Quint. 1, 6, 16. — Quid with gen.: exponam vobis breviter, quid hominis sit, what sort of a man he is, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: sciturum, quid ejus sit, what there is in it, how much of it may be true, id. Att. 16, 4, 3.— Rarely for uter, which of two, whether: incerti quae pars sequenda esset, Liv. 21, 39, 6: proelia de occupando ponte crebra erant, nec qui potirentur, satis discerni poterat, id. 7, 9, 7: ut dii legerent, qui nomen novae urbi daret, id. 1, 6, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; id. 1, 24, 3; 9, 45, 8; 10, 12, 5; cf.: validior per Germaniam exercitus, propior aput Pannoniam; quos igitur anteferret? Tac. A. 1, 47.
quis: quid,
I pron. indef.
I As subst.
A Alone, any one, any body, any thing; some one, somebody, something: aperite, heus! Simoni me adesse, quis nunciate, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 37: simplicior quis, et est, etc., Hor. S. 1, 3, 63: quantum quis damni professus erat, Tac. A. 2, 26: quanto quis clarior, id. H. 3, 58: injuriam cui facere, Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71.—
B In connection with si, ne, nisi, cum: si te in judicium quis adducat, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35: ne cui falso assentiamur, id. Fin. 3, 21, 72: si tecum agas quid, id. Off. 1, 2, 4: si quid in te peccavi ignosce, id. Att. 3, 15, 4: si quis quid de re publicā rumore acceperit, Caes. B. G. 6, 20: si quo usui esse posset, Liv. 40, 26, 8: ne quid nimis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 34: nisi quid existimas, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2: neve quis invitam cogeret esse suam, Prop. 1, 3, 30: cum quid, Col. 4, 25.—
II As adj.: jam quis forsitan hostis Haesura in nostro tela gerit latere, Tib. 1, 10, 13.
quīs: for quibus, v. quis and qui.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) quĭs,² quĭd [v. ce mot] :
1 pron. interrog. [direct et indir.], qui : a) [subst.] quis clarior in Græcia Themistocle ? Cic. Læl. 42, qui en Grèce fut plus illustre que Thémistocle ? quis illæc est mulier ? Pl. Epid. 533, qui est cette femme-là ? cf. Aul. 168 ; Pers. 200 ; quis erit quin malit... ? Cic. Amer. 34, y aura-t-il qqn pour ne pas aimer mieux... ?
