Pronomina subst. (zweiendig)
quis quid
Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch:
1. quis, quid, Interrogativpronomen
I)in der direkten Frage
A)substantivisch: wer? was?
quis clarior Themistocle?Cic.
cuius es? wem gehörst du an?Ter.
quis homo est? wer da?Ter.
quis tu? wer da?Cic.
ebenso als Femininum
quis illaec est, quae lugubri succincta est stolā?Enn. fr. scen. 386
quis tu es, mulier, quae me insueto nuncupasti nomine?Pacuv. tr. 239Plaut. aul. 170Epid. 533
quis ea est, quam vis ducere uxoremPlaut.
Besonders: quid
a)substantivisch: was?
quid iam? wieso denn? warum denn?Plaut.
quid tum? was dann weiter? was folgt daraus?Cic.
so
quid nunc?Plaut.s. Brix Krit. Anh. zu Plaut. mil. 341
quid est? was ist denn los?Plaut.
quid igitur est? wie steht es also?Cic.
quid eo? was will er damit?Ter.
quid tu huc (ergänze venis)?Cic. de fin. 3, 8
quid mihi ad defendendum dedisti, bone accusator? quid hisce autem ad suspicandum?Cic.
quis erit. quin malit decumanis tuis dare quod poposcerint?Cic. Verr. 3, 34
quis est omnium eis moribus, quin divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum maioribus suis contendat?Sall. Iug. 4, 7
mit Genitiv: was? = wieviel?
quid hominumTer.
quid rerumTer.
quid pictarum tabularumCic.
sciturum, quid eius sit, wieviel daran seiCic.
b)adverbial
α)wie? was? zum Ausdruck der Verwunderung und des Unwillenss. Brix Plaut. mil. 316
quid? eundem destituisti?Cic.
quid? quod, was soll man sagen, dass usw.Cic.
häufig zu steigernden Übergängen dienend: ja sogar, ferner, noch mehrCic.
quid? si, wie? wennCic. Ter.
β)warum? wozu?
quid venistiPlaut.
sed quid argumentor?Cic.
dafür auch
in quid? warum?Sen.
daher
quid ita, warum das? wieso?Cic.
quid ni? warum nicht?Ter. Cic.
auch getrennt
quid ego ni ita censeam?Plaut. mil. 1120
quid illam ni abducat?Ter. adelph. 662
auch pleonastisch
non dabei, quidni non permittam?Sen. ep. 52, 10
B)adjektivisch
1)wer? was?
quae haec anus estTer.
2)was für ein, eine, ein
quid est tibi nomen, wie heißest duPlaut.
quid videtur tibi hoc mancipiumTer.
quid mulieris habes, was für eine Frau hast duTer.
quid negotii est? was ist denn los?Plaut.
quid hoc rei est? was bedeutet das?Curt.
quis videor, wie komme ich dir vorTer.
II)in der indirekten Frage
A)substantivisch: wer, was
quis sim, ex eo, quem ad te misi, cognoscesSall.
in verschlungenen Fragen
considera, quis quem fraudasse dicatur, wer und wen er betrogen haben sollCic.
B)adjektivisch: was für ein, eine, ein
rogitat, quis vir essetLiv.
so auch quid mit Genitiv
quid hominis sit, was er für ein Mensch seiCic.
☞Archaistischer Nominativ Plural quesPacuv. tr. 221 und ques, Genitiv quiumCato nach Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 95
Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary:
quis, quid, pronoun interrogatively 2 CA- (only singular nominative masculine and nominative and accusative neuter; the other forms are common with qui interrogatively; see 1 qui)
I)Masculine, who? which one? what man?
Da. Quis homo est? Pa. Ego sum, who is there?Ter.
quis clarior in Graeciā Themistocle? quis potentior?Cic.
quis primus Ameriam nuntiat?Cic.
Quis videor? Cha. miser aeque atque ego, whom do you think me?Ter.
quis sim, ex eo quem ad te misi, cognoscesSall.
considera, quis quem fraudasse dicatur, who is said to have defrauded whomCic.
With a substantive
quis enim dies fuit?Cic.
quis eum senator appellavitCic.
Quis gracilis puerHor.
quae robora cuique, Quis colorVerg.
quisve locusLiv.
II)Neuter, what, what thing?
quid dieam de moribus facillimisCic.
quid mulieris Uxorem habes? what sort of a woman?Ter.
quid caelati argenti, quid stragulae vestis, apud illum putatis esse? what amount?Cic.
sciturum quid eius sit, what there is in itCic.
In rhetorical phrases with dico, what do I say? (correcting, strengthening, or emphasizing a remark)
Romae volumus esse. Quid dico? Volumus? Immo vero cogimurCic.
quid dicimus?Cic.
quid dicas intellegis? Cic.
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