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|lshtext=<b>nēquīquam</b>: (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.,<br /><b>I</b> 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.

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