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|lshtext=<b>quĭdem</b>: adv.<br /><b>I</b> Indeed: sibi [[quidem]] persuaderi, eum, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 40: [[tantum]] [[doleo]], ac [[mirifice]] [[quidem]], Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1: in his locis [[post]] [[solstitium]] Canicula oritur, et [[quidem]] [[aliquot]] diebus, id. Div. 2, 44, 93.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[confirmation]] or [[extension]] of [[what]] precedes, [[too]], also: et poscit [[quidem]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 45: pergam, quo [[coepi]] hoc [[iter]], Et [[quidem]] ego, id. Hec. 1, 2, 120: [[quod]] [[quidem]] perillustre fuit, Nep. Att. 12, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[qualification]] or opposing [[thought]], [[but]], [[however]], [[yet]]: utebatur hominibus improbis multis, et [[quidem]] optimis se viris deditum esse simulabat, Cic. Cael. 5, 12: re [[quidem]] verā, [[but]] in [[fact]], Nep. Con. 2, 2; id. Hann. 2, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In the phrases,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ne ... [[quidem]], not [[even]]: ne obsidibus [[quidem]] datis pacem redimere potuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 37 (v. ne).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nec ([[neque]]) . . . [[quidem]], and not [[indeed]], and [[that]] not ([[very]] [[rare]], and [[never]] ac or et ne [[quidem]]; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. Exc. 111, p. 809 sqq.; Rib. Lat. Part. p. 46 sqq.): his litteris animum tuum confirmandum [[puto]]; nec iis [[quidem]] verbis, quibus ... sed ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2: nec ejus [[quidem]] rei finem [[video]], id. ib. 12, 1, 1: nec [[nunc]] [[quidem]] viris [[desidero]] adulescentis, id. Sen. 9, 27; Quint. 9, 3, 55. —<br /><b>II</b> At [[least]], [[certainly]], in [[truth]], [[forsooth]]: unum [[quidem]] [[hercle]] certum [[promitto]] [[tibi]], Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 26: non [[video]] causam, [[cur]] ita [[sit]], hoc [[quidem]] tempore, Cic. Att. 9, 2, 2: ex me [[quidem]] [[nihil]] audire potuisses, id. N. D. 1, 21, 57: [[nunc]] [[quidem]] [[profecto]] Romae es, id. Att. 6, 5, 1: volui id [[quidem]] efficere [[certe]], id. Brut. 3, 13: [[quidem]] [[certe]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 261; Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 4 al.— In expressing the [[utmost]] [[indignation]], [[indeed]], [[truly]]: nam [[istaec]] [[quidem]] [[contumelia]] est, for [[that]] is an [[affront]] [[indeed]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 5; Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 82.—<br /><b>III</b> In introducing an [[example]], for [[instance]], for [[example]]: [[Dicaearchus]] [[quidem]] et [[Aristoxenus]] nullum [[omnino]] animum esse dixerunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 51; 1, 33, 80; Nep. Att. 11, 4; 14, 1>