quidem

quĭdem, adv.

I.

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.—

B.

Esp.

1.

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.—

2.

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.—

C.

In the phrases,

1.

Ne... quidem, not even:

ne obsidibus quidem datis pacem redimere potuisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37 (v. ne).—

2.

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. —

II.

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.—

III.

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