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  • 1 quin

    quīn, conj. [abl. quī and ne].
    I.
    As an interrog. particle, why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in inquiring for a fact; cf.: quidni, cur non).
    1.
    Usu. with indic. pres.:

    quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:

    quin experimur,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 5 Fleck. (Umpf experiemur):

    quin continetis vocem?

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

    quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus?

    Verg. A. 4, 99:

    quin igitur ulciscimur Graeciam?

    Curt. 5, 7, 4:

    quin conscendimus equos?

    why not mount our horses? Liv. 1, 57.—
    2.
    With imper.:

    quin me aspice et contempla,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16:

    quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis,

    just say in one word! Ter. And. 1, 1, 18:

    quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere,

    i. e. you had better, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25. —
    3.
    With subj. only in orat. obliq.:

    quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent,

    Liv. 3, 61, 14; 4, 43, 11; 40, 40, 4.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    As a rel. particle, prop. quī or qui ne, and mostly where the rel. stands for a nom. masc. or for abl. of time, who... not, that not, but that, but, often = Engl. without and a participial clause.
    1.
    In gen.:

    curiosus nemo est quin sit malevolus,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 54:

    neque aequom est occultum id haberi, quin participem te,

    id. Aul. 2, 1, 13; id. Cas. 2, 8, 68:

    nulla causast quin me condones cruci,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 26:

    ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin me viderent,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2:

    facere non possum, quin ad te mittam,

    I cannot forbear sending to you, Cic. Att. 12, 27, 3:

    cum causae nihil esset, quin secus indicaret,

    id. Quint. 9, 32:

    nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus,

    id. Att. 11, 15, 3:

    neminem conveni, quin omnes mihi maximas gratias agant,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

    nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi ubi est, esse malit,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 1:

    repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius est,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:

    nemo, qui aliquo esset in numero, scripsit orationem quin redigeret omnis sententias, etc.,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te scriberem,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

    neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin aliquā ex parte secundum cursum haberent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 47:

    nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur,

    without being cut off, id. ib. 1, 79:

    nullum fere tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent,

    without sending, id. B. G. 5, 55:

    in castello nemo fuit omnino militum quin vulneraretur,

    id. B. C. 3, 53:

    quid recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant,

    Liv. 32, 21: vix superat, quin triumphus decernatur, it wants little that, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 13, 5:

    paene factum est, quin castra relinquerentur,

    i.e. they were very near deserting their camp, id. ib. 17, 13, 5.— So quin (= quī non) stands for a rel. abl. of time:

    neque ullum fere tempus intercessit quin aliquem de motu Gallorum nuntium acciperet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53.— More rarely quin stands for quae non, quod non, etc.: nulla est civitas quin ad id tempus partem senatus Cordubam mitteret. Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

    nulla fuit Thessaliae civitas quin Caesari pareret,

    id. ib. 3, 81:

    nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

    horum autem nihil est quin intereat,

    id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: nihil est quin male narrando possit depravari, Ter. [p. 1513] Phorm. 4, 4, 16:

    nihil tam difficilest quin investigare possiet,

    id. Heant. 4, 2, 8:

    cum nemo esset, quin hoc se audisse liquido diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    Messanam nemo venit, quin viderit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 4, §

    7: nego ullam picturam fuisse, quin inspexerit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. Gell. 17, 13, 2 sq., and Cato ap. Gell. ib. § 3.— 2. Esp. after words expressing hesitation (usu. with neg.):

    non dubitaturum, quin cederet, Cic Mil. 23, 63: nolite dubitare, quin,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

    et vos non dubitatis, quin,

    id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    dubitatis, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni in rem publicam conferatis?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49. —
    3.
    Much more freq. after words expressing doubt, ignorance, etc.:

    non dubitabat, quin,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

    cave dubites, quin,

    id. Fam. 5, 20, 6:

    non dubitabat quin... non posset,

    id. Att. 5, 11, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    non esse dubium, quin... possent,

    no doubt that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Ter. And. 2, 3, 17:

    neque abest suspicio, quin,

    a suspicion that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    quis ignerat, quin?

    who is ignorant that? who does not know that? Cic. Fl. 27, 64:

    dies fere nullus est, quin hic Satyrus domum meam ventitet,

    hardly a day passes that he does not come, id. Att. 1, 1, 3.—
    B.
    That not, as if not, as though not:

    non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod,

    not but that, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1: non quin breviter reddi responsum potuerit, Liv 2, 15. —
    C.
    For corroboration.
    1.
    But, indeed, really, verily, of a truth:

    Hercle quin tu recte dicis,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 77: credo;

    neque id injuria: quin Mihi molestum est,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 20:

    te nec hortor, nec rogo, ut domum redeas, quin hinc ipse evolare cupio,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.— Esp. in reaching a climax or adding a stronger assertion or proof: quin etiam, yea indeed, nay even:

    credibile non est, quantum scribam die: quin etiam noctibus,

    Cic. Att. 13, 26, 3; 14, 21, 3:

    quin etiam necesse crit cupere et optare, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    quin etiam voces jactare,

    Verg. A. 2, 768: mortem non esse metuendam, quin etiam si, etc., nay, not even if, etc., Lact. 3, 27 fin.; cf.:

    quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.—
    2.
    Rather, yea rather:

    nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei naotus,

    Liv. 35, 26.—
    D.
    In corrections, nay, rather:

    non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, judices, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 29, 78 sq. (cf. Halm ad loc., and Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 164).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > quin

  • 2 quīn

        quīn conj.    [2 qui+-ne].    I. In a principal clause, interrog., why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in asking for information): quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis? T.: quin taces? T.: quin continetis vocem?: quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus? V.: quin conscendimus equos? why not mount our horses? L.: Quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis, just say in one word! T.: quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere, i. e. you had better: quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent, L.—Corroborative, but, indeed, really, verily, of a truth, nay, in fact: credo; neque id iniuriā; quin Mihi molestum est, T.: nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei nactus, L.: non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, iudices, etc, nay, rather, etc.—In a climax, with etiam or et, yea indeed, nay even: quin etiam necesse erit cupere et optare, ut, etc.: quin etiam voces iactare, V.: quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit, H.—    II. In a dependent clause, so that... not, but that, but, without: ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin viderent me, T.: facere non possum, quin ad te mittam, I cannot forbear sending to you: nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus: repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius esse: nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te perscriberem: nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur, without being cut off, Cs.: qui recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant? L.: non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod, etc., not but that.—Esp., representing the nom. of a pron relat. with a negative, who... not, but: nulla fuit civitas quin partem senatūs Cordubam mitteret, Cs.: nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat: quis templum adspexit, quin testis esset?: Nihil tam difficilest quin investigari possiet, T.: Messanam nemo venit, quin viserit.—After words expressing hesitation, doubt or uncertainty, but that, that: non dubitaturum, quin cederet: et vos non dubitatis, quin: hoc non dubium est, quin Chremes non det, etc., T.: cave dubites, quin: non esse dubium, quin... possent, no doubt that, Cs.: neque abest suspicio, quin, a suspicion that, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    why not, in fact
    II
    so that not, without; that not; but that; that

    Latin-English dictionary > quīn

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