nequiquam
οὐκ ἐπιλογιζόμενος ὅτι ἅμα μὲν ὀδύρῃ τὴν ἀναισθησίαν, ἅμα δὲ ἀλγεῖς ἐπὶ σήψεσι καὶ στερήσει τῶν ἡδέων, ὥσπερ εἰς ἕτερον ζῆν ἀποθανούμενος, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ εἰς παντελῆ μεταβαλῶν ἀναισθησίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ πρὸ τῆς γενέσεως → you do not consider that you are at one and the same time lamenting your want of sensation, and pained at the idea of your rotting away, and of being deprived of what is pleasant, as if you are to die and live in another state, and not to pass into insensibility complete, and the same as that before you were born
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nēquīquam: (so in the best MSS.; not nequicquam; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 642 sq.; Plaut. Trin. 440 Brix.; id. Most. 242 Lorenz), adv. ne-quiquam; cf.: nequiquam significare idem quod frustra, plurimis auctorum exemplis manifestum est, Paul. ex. Fest. p. 162 fin. Müll.,
I in vain, to no purpose, fruitlessly: ne istuc nequiquam dixeris tam indignum dictum in me, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 108: qui ipse sibi sapiens prodesse non quit, nequiquam sapit, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 2 (Trag. v. 310 Vahl.): et sero et nequiquam pudet, Cic. Quint. 25, 79: nequiquam alicujus auxilium implorare, Caes. B. C. 1, 1: ut non nequiquam tantae virtutis homines judicari deberet ausos esse transire latissimum flumen, without ground, without reason, id. B. G. 2, 27: nequiquam deus abscidit oceano terras, to no purpose, Hor. C. 1, 3, 21: causas nequiquam nectis inanes, Verg. A. 9, 219; id. G. 1, 403; Ov. M. 4, 78; 5, 33; 438 al.: frustra ac nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1: sed nequiquam frustra, etc., App. M. 8, p. 208, 41.—Absol. in exclamation: nequiquam! Liv. 42, 64, 4.—Esp., without punishment, with impunity: ne istuc nequiquam dixeris tam indignum dictum in me, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 108.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nēquīquam,⁹ v. nequicquam.
