Today's word is QUIDEM, an adverb.
Latin meaning and usage: The word quidem is emphatic, strengthening the word before it, meaning something like "indeed" or "truly" in English. The emphasis may be positive, meaning something like "also" or "too" in English. It can also be negative or qualifying, meaning something like "but" or "however." You can also find the the phrase ne...quidem wrapped around a word, meaning "not even."
Latin word formation: There is a compound with the interjection e, resulting in equidem, "indeed!" The compound quandoquidem means "since, since indeed." The compound siquidem means "if only" or "if indeed."
Here are some examples of today's word in Latin sayings and proverbs; for more information, see the page at the Scala Sapientiae, which also contains notes on some of the proverbs cited below, as well as additional proverbs:
Vir quidem unus, nullus est.
Malum quidem nullum sine aliquo bono.
Ne Iuppiter quidem omnibus placet.
Unus quidem, sed leo est.
Ipsa quidem virtus pretium sibi.
Necessitatem ne dii quidem superant.
Ego illum periisse dico cui quidem periit pudor.
Ne Apollo quidem intellegat.
Ne vestigium quidem.
Ne in somnio quidem.
Necessitati ne dii quidem resistunt.
Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem mea habebis.
Contra duos ne Hercules quidem.
Spiritus quidem promptus; caro vero infirma.
Uni testi, ne Catoni quidem, credendum.
Mendaci ne verum quidem dicenti creditur.
Verbum dulce quidem tibi multiplicabit amicos.
Messis quidem multa, operarii autem pauci.
Ne crepitu quidem digiti dignum.
Barba quidem hirco est, sed non mens sapiens.
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