quidni
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
Latin > English
quidni ADV :: why not?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quidni: v. 1. quis, I. B.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quidnī⁹ ou quid nī, pourquoi ne... pas ? quidni laudet ? Cic. Off. 2, 76, pourquoi ne louerait-il pas ? cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 80 ; Tusc. 5, 12 || quidni ? Cic. Quinct. 69, pourquoi pas ? || tmèse : quid ego ni ita censeam ? Pl. Mil. 1120, pourquoi n’aurais-je pas cet avis ? cf. Ter. Ad. 662 || quidni non permittam Sen. Ep. 52, 10, pourquoi le permettrais-je ? comment ne m’y opposerais-je pas ?
