Read full poem →'Quid vetat et nosmet Lucilî scripta legentes Quaerere, num illius, num
rerum dura negârit Versiculos natura magis factos, et euntes Mollius?'
Dictionary Entry
The inherent nature of something.
Origin
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Common Phrases
pro quidest quid. quidsit quidenim quidde quidquid siquid tertium
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Poetry examples for “quid”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"Quid vetat et nosmet _Lucili_ scripta legentes
Quaerere, num illius, num rerum dura negarit
Read full poem →[366] The original has "Nescio quid, quod te ceperit, esse putant."
Read full poem →"Quid? si prÊripiat flavÊ Venus arma _MinervÊ_
Ventilet accensas flavÊ _Minerva_ comas."
Read full poem →thoroughly, and "very few" are found to admire or to love. _Ubi lapsus,
quid feci?_ might the questioning spirit of the author exclaim with
regard to his "Harrys and Larrys, Pilgrims and Pirates," who once held
Read full poem →Till thou hast found the old Castalian rill,
Or from the Lesbian waters plucked drowned Sappho’s golden quid!
Read full poem →III. THE OTHER HALF-ROME 441
IV. TERTIUM QUID 456
V. COUNT GUIDO FRANCESCHINI 471
Read full poem →Quod si hinc majestas et vis divina probatur,
Num quid honore deûm, num quid dignabimur aris?
Conspectu lucis NIHIL est jucundius almae,
Read full poem →o quid solutis est beatius curis,
cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino