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Latin
Etymology
From quidem.
Adverb
equidem (not comparable)
(quidem plus the demonstrative prefix e-)
- truly, indeed, certainly
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.12:
- “Crēdō equidem, nec vāna fidēs, genus esse deōrum.”
- “I truly believe — nor faith unfounded — to be of divine descent.”
(That is, Dido believes Aeneas is the son of Venus.)
- (first-person reference by an author or speaker) for my part, as far as I am concerned, as for me
References
- “equidem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “equidem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- equidem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.