equidem

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Latin

Etymology

From quidem.

Adverb

equidem (not comparable)

(quidem plus the demonstrative prefix e-)

  1. 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.)
  2. (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.