quippe
Latin
Etymology
For quid (“what, why, well!”, interjection) + -pe, the same corroborating particle seen in nempe; see also quispiam.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷip.pe/, [ˈkʷɪpːɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwip.pe/, [ˈkwipːe]
Particle
quippe (discourse particle)
- (explanatory, quasi-conjunction) the reason is that (introducing the reason for a previous assertion and expecting ready agreement)
- (used as a standalone answer, often followed by a sentence introduced with etenim)
- (followed by quī, quae, quod with subjunctive) as is to be expected from someone who; as being
- (followed by ubī̆ with indicative or subjunctive) seeing as, since, inasmuch as (specifying and qualifying a situation)
- (followed by cum, quandō, quoniam, quod, quia, sī, quī (instrumental) with indicative) as is natural when, seeing as (introducing a justification, defence etc.)
- (explicative, often parenthetic) indeed, since, after all, why, I mean (often corresponding to a written dash in English)
- for, namely (explaining the usage of a word or phrase)
Derived terms
- quippinī
See also
- certē
- enim
- immō
- nam
- nempe
- nīmīrum
- plānē
- profectō
- sānē
- scīlicet
- vērō
- vidēlicet
References
- “quippe” on page 1715 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
- “quippe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quippe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quippe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN