quidam: Difference between revisions

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|lshtext=<b>quīdam</b>: quaedam, quoddam, and<br /><b>I</b> subst. quiddam, pron. indef., a [[certain]], a [[certain]] one, [[somebody]], [[something]] (v. [[aliquis]] init.): [[quidam]] ex advocatis, Cic. Clu. 63, 177: [[quidam]] de collegis nostris, id. Fam. 11, 21, 5: quaedam certa vox, id. de Or. 3, 12, 44: inopem quendam describere, id. Att. 7, 16: quodam tempore, a [[certain]] ([[indefinite]]) [[time]], [[once]] [[upon]] a [[time]], [[once]], id. Fin. 5, 2, 4. — In plur., [[some]]: excesserunt urbe [[quidam]], alii mortem sibi consciverunt, Liv. 45, 10: quaedam quaestiones, Cic. Top. 21, 79.—Also [[with]] gen.: [[quidam]] bonorum caesi, Tac. A. 1, 49: quibusdam Andriorum persuasit, etc., Liv. 31, 45, 7.— Often [[with]] an adj. to [[soften]] the [[assertion]]: timiditate quādam ingenuā, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10: qui virtutem duram et [[quasi]] ferream quandam esse volunt, id. Lael. 13, 48.—Subst.: quiddam, [[something]]; [[with]] gen.: quiddam mali, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 23. — Without gen.: quiddam divinum, [[something]] [[divine]], Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33.— Plur.: quaedam, si credis consultis, mancipat [[usus]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 159.

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|georg=quidam, quaedam, quoddam u. subst. quiddam, [[ein]] gewisser, I) eig., zur Bezeichnung der qualitativen [[Unbestimmtheit]], v. Pers.u. Dingen, die [[zwar]] [[bestimmt]] [[als]] [[von]] allen anderen derselben [[Gattung]] [[unterschieden]] gedacht [[werden]], deren [[Name]] [[oder]] nähere Verhältnisse [[aber]] [[nicht]] angegeben [[werden]], [[weil]] [[sie]] entweder [[nicht]] [[weiter]] [[bekannt]] sind, [[oder]] [[weil]] [[man]] [[sie]] [[nicht]] [[genau]] [[bestimmen]] will, a) übh.: [[quidam]] [[leno]], Turpil. fr.: [[Virginius]] [[quidam]], Eutr.: [[quidam]] viri, Titin. fr.: cum sit quaedam certa [[vox]], Cic.: quodam tempore, zu [[einer]] gewissen [[Zeit]], Cic. – subst., [[quidam]] ex advocatis, Cic.: [[quidam]] de collegis nostris, Cic.: neutr., quiddam [[divinum]], [[etwas]] Göttliches, Cic.: [[mit]] folg. Genet., quiddam mali, Cic. – b) [[quidam]], verb. [[quasi]] [[quidam]], [[tamquam]] [[quidam]], [[velut]] (veluti) [[quidam]], [[bei]] Adji. u. Substst. zur Milderung [[oder]] [[Hebung]] eines adäquaten Ausdruckes, [[deutsch]] mildernd = [[sozusagen]], [[gewissermaßen]], eine [[Art]] [[von]], [[ein]] [[Anstrich]] [[von]], hebend = [[wahrhaft]], [[ganz]], [[förmlich]], so [[recht]], [[sogar]], [[incredibilis]] quaedam [[magnitudo]] ingenii [[atque]] consilii, eine, [[ich]] darf [[wohl]] [[sagen]], unglaubliche Größ, Cic.: [[qui]] virtutem duram et [[quasi]] ferream [[esse]] quandam volunt, [[sozusagen]] eiserne, Cic.: munere quodam ([[gewissermaßen]]) necessitatis et gravi opere perfungimur, Cic.: omnes artes, [[quae]] ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam [[commune]] [[vinculum]] et [[quasi]] cognatione quādam [[inter]] se continentur, Cic.: ad omnes meos [[impetus]] [[quasi]] [[murus]] [[quidam]] [[boni]] [[nomen]] imperatoris opponitur, Cic.: [[tamquam]] stellis quibusdam, Cic.: cum Graeciam veluti [[tempestas]] quaedam occupasset, Iustin.: est [[vallis]], [[quae]] continuis montibus [[velut]] [[muro]] quodam ad [[instar]] castrorum clauditur, Iustin.: [[decor]] oris cum [[quadam]] maiestate, Tac. – hebend, [[novum]] quoddam [[genus]] dicendi, eine [[ganz]] neue, Cic.: [[ebenso]] [[grato]] quodam scelere, Cic.: [[divina]] quaedam [[facultas]] eloquendi, eine [[wahrhaft]] g., Quint. Über die [[Verbindung]] [[quasi]] [[quidam]] od. [[quidam]] [[quasi]] s. Kühner Cic. Tusc. 4, 11. Beier Cic. de off. 1, 30. p. 67. Stürenburg Cic. Arch. 2. p. 30 sqq. (ed. 1). – II) Plur. quīdam, quaedam, [[für]] die quantitative [[Unbestimmtheit]], [[einige]], [[etliche]], [[quidam]] [[dies]], Cic.: quaedam quaestiones, Cic.: [[quidam]]... [[alii]], Liv. – subst. [[mit]] Genet., Macedonum [[fere]] omnibus et quibusdam Andriorum, ut remanerent, persuasit, Liv. 31, 45, 7: [[quidam]] bonorum caesi, Tac. ann. 1, 49. – / arch. Dat. Sing. quoidam, Plaut. trin. 342.

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