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inquam (the foll. forms are found: inquam and inquit very freq.;
* V.infra; first pers., inquio, found in late writers: si igitur, inquio, Jul. ap. Aug. c. Saec. Resp. Jul. 4, 9, is not in good use, but mentioned by Vel. Long. ap. Cassiod. Orthogr. p. 2287; Prisc. 8, 11, 62; cf. inquo, Eutych. 2, 12, p. 2182: inquis,Cic. Caecin. 13, 37; id. Fam. 2, 12, 3; 9, 26, 1; id. Att. 2, 5, 8; Hor. S. 2, 1, 5; Mart. 2, 93, 1 saep.: inquĭmus,Hor. S. 1, 3, 66: inquitis,Arn. 2, 44; Tert. Apol. 9 al.: inquiunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32; id. Or. 50, 169; id. Tusc. 3, 29, 71: inquiebat,id. Ac. 2, 47, 125; id. Top. 12, 51: inquii,Cat. 10, 27: inquisti,Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 259: inquies,Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 31; Cic. Or. 29, 101; Cat. 24, 7: inquiet,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45; id. Fin. 4, 25, 71; id. Off. 3, 12, 53: inque,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 42; Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 1: inquito,Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58; id. Rud. 5, 2, 55; and in eccl. Lat. inquiens,Vulg. 1 Par. 22, 18; Marc. 12, 26; Greg. Ep. 8, 12; 12, 8; Tert. Jejun. 2, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 612 sqq.), 3, v. defect. [kindred to Sanscr. khyā, dicere, praedicare, celebrare, appellare; cf. Bopp Gloss. p. 98, 6 sq.], I say, placed after one or more words of a quotation, our say (said) I, says (said) he, etc.
* In citing the words of a person: cum respondissem me ex provincia decedere, etiam mehercules, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,Cic. Planc. 26: est vero, inquam, signum quidem notum,id. Cat. 3, 5: quasi ipsos induxi loquentes, ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur,id. Lael. 1, 3: qui ubi me viderunt, ubi sunt, inquiunt, scyphi?Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32; Cat. 10, 14: Romulus, Juppiter, inquit, tuis jussus avibus, etc.,Liv. 1, 12, 4.
* With dat.: tum Quinctius en, inquit mihi, haec ego patior quotidie,Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3.
* With an indef. subj.
* Plur.: inquiunt, they say, it is said: noluit, inqui unt, hodie agere Roscius,Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124; id. Or. 50, 168 fin.: contra dicuntur haec ... natura adfert dolorem, cui quidem Crantor, inquiunt, vester cedendum putat,id. Tusc. 3, 29, 71; id. N. D. 1, 41, 144; Sen. Ep. 102, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 3; 9, 2, 85.
* In partic.
* Inquit is sometimes omitted by ellipsis: Turpemque aperto pignore errorem probans, En, hic declarat quales sitis judices,Phaedr. 5, 5, 38; 1, 30, 7; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 73; Val. Fl. 1, 692.
* It is sometimes inserted pleonastically: excepit Demochares: Te, inquit, suspendere,Sen. Ira, 23: hoc adjunxit: Pater, inquit, meus,Nep. Hann. 2, 2.
* It is freq. repeated: Crassus. numquidnam, inquit, novi? Nihil sane, inquit Catulus; etenim vides esse ludos: sed vel tu nos ineptos, licet [inquit], vel molestos putes, cum ad me in Tusculanum, inquit, heri vesperi venisset Caesar de Tusculano suo, dixit,Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13; id. N. D. 1, 7, 17: dicam equidem, Caesar inquit, quid intellegam; sed tu et vos omnes hoc, inquit, mementote,id. ib. 2, 74, 298.
* V.infra; first pers., inquio, found in late writers: si igitur, inquio, Jul. ap. Aug. c. Saec. Resp. Jul. 4, 9, is not in good use, but mentioned by Vel. Long. ap. Cassiod. Orthogr. p. 2287; Prisc. 8, 11, 62; cf. inquo, Eutych. 2, 12, p. 2182: inquis,Cic. Caecin. 13, 37; id. Fam. 2, 12, 3; 9, 26, 1; id. Att. 2, 5, 8; Hor. S. 2, 1, 5; Mart. 2, 93, 1 saep.: inquĭmus,Hor. S. 1, 3, 66: inquitis,Arn. 2, 44; Tert. Apol. 9 al.: inquiunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32; id. Or. 50, 169; id. Tusc. 3, 29, 71: inquiebat,id. Ac. 2, 47, 125; id. Top. 12, 51: inquii,Cat. 10, 27: inquisti,Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 259: inquies,Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 31; Cic. Or. 29, 101; Cat. 24, 7: inquiet,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45; id. Fin. 4, 25, 71; id. Off. 3, 12, 53: inque,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 42; Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 1: inquito,Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58; id. Rud. 5, 2, 55; and in eccl. Lat. inquiens,Vulg. 1 Par. 22, 18; Marc. 12, 26; Greg. Ep. 8, 12; 12, 8; Tert. Jejun. 2, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 612 sqq.), 3, v. defect. [kindred to Sanscr. khyā, dicere, praedicare, celebrare, appellare; cf. Bopp Gloss. p. 98, 6 sq.], I say, placed after one or more words of a quotation, our say (said) I, says (said) he, etc.
* In citing the words of a person: cum respondissem me ex provincia decedere, etiam mehercules, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,Cic. Planc. 26: est vero, inquam, signum quidem notum,id. Cat. 3, 5: quasi ipsos induxi loquentes, ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur,id. Lael. 1, 3: qui ubi me viderunt, ubi sunt, inquiunt, scyphi?Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32; Cat. 10, 14: Romulus, Juppiter, inquit, tuis jussus avibus, etc.,Liv. 1, 12, 4.
* With dat.: tum Quinctius en, inquit mihi, haec ego patior quotidie,Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3.
* With an indef. subj.
* Plur.: inquiunt, they say, it is said: noluit, inqui unt, hodie agere Roscius,Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124; id. Or. 50, 168 fin.: contra dicuntur haec ... natura adfert dolorem, cui quidem Crantor, inquiunt, vester cedendum putat,id. Tusc. 3, 29, 71; id. N. D. 1, 41, 144; Sen. Ep. 102, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 3; 9, 2, 85.
* In partic.
* Inquit is sometimes omitted by ellipsis: Turpemque aperto pignore errorem probans, En, hic declarat quales sitis judices,Phaedr. 5, 5, 38; 1, 30, 7; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 73; Val. Fl. 1, 692.
* It is sometimes inserted pleonastically: excepit Demochares: Te, inquit, suspendere,Sen. Ira, 23: hoc adjunxit: Pater, inquit, meus,Nep. Hann. 2, 2.
* It is freq. repeated: Crassus. numquidnam, inquit, novi? Nihil sane, inquit Catulus; etenim vides esse ludos: sed vel tu nos ineptos, licet [inquit], vel molestos putes, cum ad me in Tusculanum, inquit, heri vesperi venisset Caesar de Tusculano suo, dixit,Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13; id. N. D. 1, 7, 17: dicam equidem, Caesar inquit, quid intellegam; sed tu et vos omnes hoc, inquit, mementote,id. ib. 2, 74, 298.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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