equidem Latin · revision 18146

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛ.kʷɪ.dẽː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.kʷi.dem]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The second part is [[m|la|quidem|t=indeed]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The first is uncertain: the OLD thinks it probably not [[m|la|ego|t=I]], despite the way the word is used, while Wiktionary derives it from that pronoun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) L&S took it as the interjection ⟨ē⟩, as in [[edepol]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''equidem Sōsia Amphitruōnis sum'', “I, for my part, am Sosia, Amphitryon's slave”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Equidem'' mostly goes with the first person, “I for my part, personally” (Cicero: ''equidem dīcam ex animō … quod sentiō'', “for my part I will say frankly what I think”, ''equidem excrucior'', “I am in torment”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is also simply emphatic, “indeed, in truth”, with other persons (Sallust: ''vānum equidem hoc cōnsilium est'', “this plan is indeed futile”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “truly, indeed, certainly”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''equidem Sōsia Amphitruōnis sum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''equidem mīror''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''equidem dīcam ex animō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it without the first person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Particle===

+ # I for my part, personally, as far as I am concerned.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|indeed]], truly, certainly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quidem]]

+ * [[ego]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}