equidem

Latin

Etymology

From quidem.

Adverb

equidem (not comparable)

(quidem plus the demonstrative prefix e-)

  1. truly, indeed, certainly
  2. (first-person reference by an author or speaker) for my part, as far as I am concerned, as for me
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.551:
      vix equidem crēdō
      For my part, I hardly believe [it]

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
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