nequicquam
From LSJ
ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
Latin > English
nequicquam ADV :: in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nēquicquam: nēquidquam, v. nequiquam.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nēquicquam, nēquidquam, nēquīquam, adv., en vain, inutilement : Cic. Quinct. 79 ; Cæs. C. 1, 1 || sans raison, sans but : Cæs. G. 2, 27, 5 || [exclamatif] Liv. 42, 64, 4 || avec impunité : Pl. As. 698.
Latin > German (Georges)
nēquicquam, s. nequiquam.
