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equidem

equidem, verily, truly, indeed, at all events

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equidem me Caesaris militem dici volui; vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis
for my part I wished to be called a soldier of Caesar; you have addressed me with the title of commander

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

equidem : (adv.), indeed, at least, certainly, surely; w. first person, for my part, 1.238. (demonstr. e or ec and quidem)
ĕquĭdem, adv. [comp. of the interj. ĕ and quidem enclit.; cf. edepol], a demonstrative corroborative particle, verily, truly, indeed, at all events, = certe, revera, etc. (freq. and class.).
  • I In gen.
    • A Without other particles.
      • 1 With 1. pers. in affirming a fact concerning one's self, or confirming a previous remark; equidem Sosia Amphitruonis sum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 255 (407); 2, 1, 26 (576); 32 (582): i in malam rem. Mi. Ibi sum equidem, id. Poen. 1, 2, 82 (291): nihil inquit, equidem novi, Cic. Div. 1, 6, 11: equidem et ante hoc tempus te dilexi, id. Fam. 11, 29, 2: equidem etiam illud mihi animum advertisse videor, id. ib. 15, 4, 14; cf. Caes. ap. Gell. 13, 3, 5 al.: id equidem ego certo scio, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 33 (437); so with ego, Ter. Heaut. 632; Cic. Mil. 2, 5, acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 1, 576; Sall. C. 51, 15; id. J. 10, 6 Kritz.; id. ib. 85, 26.—
      • 2 With the 1. pers. plur.: equidem, ere, nos jam dudum hic te apsentem incusamus, Ter. Phorm. 471; so Sall. C. 52, 11 (but not in Cicero, Horace, Vergil, or Quintilian; v. Rib. Lat. Part. p. 37; Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9).—
      • 3 With the 2. and 3. perss. sing. (perh. not in Plaut.; v. Ritschl, prol. ad Trin. p. 76 sq.; corrected, quidem, Stich. 2, 2, 5 (329); id.4, 1, 48 (552); Mil. 3, 1, 55 (650) Fleck.; id.Men. 2, 2, 35 (307) Brix, etc. But quando equidem nec tibi bene esse pote pati, etc., id.Trin. 2, 2, 71 (346) Ritschl2: atque equidem ipsus ultro venit, ib. 3, 1, 10 (611) Ritschl2; cf. Rib. Lat. Part. p. 41): scitis equidem milites, etc., Sall. C. 58, 4; cf. Tac. Or. 27; Varr. R. R. 1, 5, 1: vanum equidem hoc consilium est, Sall. C. 52, 16.—
      • 4 With 3. pers. plur.: equidem innumerabiles mihi videntur, Varr. R. R. 1, 5: per me equidem sint omnia alba, Pers. 1, 110: equidem si nobis religiones nullae essent, Liv. 5, 51, 4: adulescentem equidem dicebant emisse, etc., Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 33 (602).—
    • B Sometimes made more emphatic by certe, edepol, ecastor, hercle, etc. (most freq. in Plaut.): certe equidem noster sum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 23 (433); so id. Pers. 2, 2, 27 (209); Verg. E. 9, 7; cf.: equidem certo idem sum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 291 (443): credo edepol equidem dormire solem, id. ib. 1, 1, 126 (278): equidem pol, id. Most. 1, 3, 22 (178); 29 (185); Ter. Eun. 876: certe equidem edepol, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 38 (215); cf. with 3. pers.: equidem edepol liberali'st, id. Pers. 4, 3, 76 (545): equidem ecastor vigilo, id. Am. 2, 2, 66 (698); id. Men. 4, 2, 95 (665): equidem hercle, id. Cist. 1, 1, 54 (54); id. Ep. 3, 4, 48 (484); id. Mil. 4, 7, 24 (1307); id. Men. 3, 2, 39 (504); id. Merc. 2, 1, 40 (264); Ter. Phorm. 807.—
  • II In partic.
    • A Certainly, by all means, of course, to be sure, in a concessive sense. Pi. Sine. Ba. Sino equidem, si lubet, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 66 (100); id. Men. 2, 3, 18 (368). Q. Sed perge cetera. M. Pergam equidem, Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69.— So with sed, verum, tamen, etc.: dixi equidem, sed, etc., Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 59 (1103): sic ego nolim equidem apud rusticos, sed multo minus apud vos, Cic. de Or. 2, 6 fin.; cf. Liv. 3, 68: quibus epistolis sum equidem abs te lacessitus ad scribendum, sed, etc., Cic. Att. 1, 13 al.; cf. with foll. verum, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 40 (264) (with ego); Ter. Heaut. 647; Cic. Fam. 16, 16; with verumtamen, id. ib. 12, 30, 3; with tamen, Liv. 4, 3; Plin. Pan. 31; with sed tamen, Cic. de Sen. 10, 32; id. Fam. 9, 13, 4; 11, 14, 2; id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4; Hor. S. 2, 1, 79 al.; with ceterum, Curt. 4, 12, 20.—
    • B Sometimes with pregn. reference to the speaker, for my part, as far as I am concerned: equidem me Caesaris militem dici volui; vos me, etc., Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.: equidem doleo non me tuis litteris certiorem fieri, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 4: quod equidem sciam, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91; cf. id. 2, 98, 101, § 220.—Cf. Hand Turs. II. pp. 422-437.

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