quin Latin · revision 17895

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʷiːn]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkʷin]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quīn''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the old ablative [[quī]] “how, why” and the negative particle [[nē]], first “why not?”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains the adverb ⟨quī⟩ as an old instrumental [[ine-pro|*kʷih₁]] of the interrogative pronoun.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary takes the conjunction rather from the relative ⟨quī⟩ and its ablative, “by which not”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus;^(Köbler 2010) his characters use it in exhortations, ''quīn tū hīc manēs?'', “why don't you stay here?”, and in subordinate clauses after verbs of hindering.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adverb ''quīn'' asks “why not?” in questions that amount to commands, and introduces a statement that confirms and outdoes what precedes, “indeed, in fact”;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''quīn etiam'' adds a stronger point, “and what is more”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ As a conjunction, after negative or quasi-negative clauses, it means “who does not, but that, without”, “from (doing)” after verbs of hindering and delaying, and “that” after expressions of not doubting.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin keeps the same range.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''quīn tū hīc manēs?'';^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ''quid tū dubitās quīn … fūr lēnō siet?'', “why do you doubt that the pimp is a thief?”^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''nec mora ūllast quīn eam uxōrem dūcam'', “there is nothing to stop me marrying her”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato tells the farmer not to let the fire go out, ''quīn semper siet'', “so that it is always burning”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(in questions)'' [[m|en|why]] not?, come on!^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Indeed, in fact;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''quīn etiam'', and what is more.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Conjunction===

+ # ''(after negatives)'' Who does not, but that, without.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(after verbs of hindering)'' From (doing), so that … not.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(after expressions of not doubting)'' That.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quī]]

+ * [[quidnī]]

+ * [[quōminus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}