(adverb) : quĭdem
* Indeed: sibi quidem persuaderi, eum, etc.,Caes. B. C. 1, 40: tantum doleo, ac mirifice quidem,Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1: in his locis post solstitium Canicula oritur, et quidem aliquot diebus,id. Div. 2, 44, 93.
* Esp.
* At least, certainly, in truth, forsooth: unum quidem hercle certum promitto tibi,Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 26: non video causam, cur ita sit, hoc quidem tempore,Cic. Att. 9, 2, 2: ex me quidem nihil audire potuisses,id. N. D. 1, 21, 57: nunc quidem profecto Romae es,id. Att. 6, 5, 1: volui id quidem efficere certe,id. Brut. 3, 13: quidem certe,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 261; Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 4 al.— In expressing the utmost indignation, indeed, truly: nam istaec quidem contumelia est,for that is an affront indeed,Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 5; Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 82.
* In introducing an example, for instance, for example: Dicaearchus quidem et Aristoxenus nullum omnino animum esse dixerunt,Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 51; 1, 33, 80; Nep. Att. 11, 4; 14, 1
* Ne ... quidem, not even: ne obsidibus quidem datis pacem redimere potuisse,Caes. B. G. 1, 37 (v. ne).
* Nec (neque) . . . quidem, and not indeed, and that not (very rare, and never ac or et ne quidem; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. Exc. 111, p. 809 sqq.; Rib. Lat. Part. p. 46 sqq.): his litteris animum tuum confirmandum puto; nec iis quidem verbis, quibus ... sed ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2: nec ejus quidem rei finem video,id. ib. 12, 1, 1: nec nunc quidem viris desidero adulescentis,id. Sen. 9, 27; Quint. 9, 3, 55.