quippe

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Latin

Etymology

For quid (“what, why, well!”, interjection) +‎ -pe, the same corroborating particle seen in nempe; see also quispiam.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷip.pe/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwip.pe/,

Particle

quippe (discourse particle)

(explanatory, quasi-conjunction) the reason is that (introducing the reason for a previous assertion and expecting ready agreement)
1. (used as a standalone answer, often followed by a sentence introduced with etenim)
(followed by quī, quae, quod with subjunctive) as is to be expected from someone who; as being
(followed by ubī̆ with indicative or subjunctive) seeing as, since, inasmuch as (specifying and qualifying a situation)
(followed by cum, quandō, quoniam, quod, quia, sī, quī (instrumental) with indicative) as is natural when, seeing as (introducing a justification, defence etc.)
(explicative, often parenthetic) indeed, since, after all, why, I mean (often corresponding to a written dash in English)
- Vergil, Aeneid 1.37–39:
  Mene incepto desistere victam,
  nec posse Italia Teucrorum avertere regem?
  Quippe vetor fatis.
  1983 translation by Robert Fitzgerald
  Give up what I began? Am I defeated? Am I impotent to keep the king of Teucrians from Italy? The Fates forbid me, am I to suppose?
1. for, namely (explaining the usage of a word or phrase)

Derived terms

quippinī

See also

References

“quippe” on page 1715 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

“quippe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“quippe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
quippe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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