quippe
Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch:
quippe, Konjunktion (aus quī-pe oder quid-pe), freilich, allerdings, jawohl, ja überhaupt, auch bloß ja
I)im Allgemeinen
ergo ad cenam petitionis causā si quis vocat, condemnetur. Quippe! inquitCic. Mur. 74
auch so, dass ein Satz mit enim folgt
a te quidem apte et rotunde (dicta sunt): quippe; habes enim a rhetoribusCic. de fin. 4, 7
verbunden mit anderen Partikeln
quippe etenimLucr.
quippe quiaTer.
quippe quoniamPlin.
quippe quodCic.
quippe siCic.
quippe quandoPlaut.
quippe ubiLucr.
ebenso verbunden
quippe etiam, quippe et, ja auchVerg. Prop.
quippe ut, da jaIustin.
besonders oft
quippe cumCic. de off. 2, 34; ad Att. 10, 3. litt. a. § 1Liv. 26, 39, 9Nep. praef. § 4
und
mit qui, quae, quod, teils mit IndikativPlaut.Sall.und anderevergleiche Kritz Sall. Cat. 48, 2, teils (bei Cic. immer) mit KonjunktivCic.Nep.und andere
II)insbesondere: ironisch
sol Democrito magnus videtur, quippe (freilich auch) homini eruditoCic. de fin. 1, 20
in der ironischen Bejahung
quippe, inquiet, freilich!Cic. de fin. 5, 84
Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary:
quippe, adverb and conjunction 2 qui+-pe.
I)As adverb, of course, as you see, obviously, as one might expect, naturally, by all means
leve nomen habet utraque res; quippe; leve enim est hoc, risum movereCic.
ergo ad cenam si quis vocat, condemnetur. Quippe, inquit, etc.Cic.
Usually followed by a causal particle
quod flagitabam . . . quippe cum bellum geri iam videremCic.
raro tantis animis concurrerunt classes, quippe cum pugnarent, etc.Liv.
With a relative introducing an obvious explanation or reason
multa questus est Caesar, quippe qui vidisset, etc., as he would of course, after seeing, etc.Cic.
plurimum terroris tulit, quippe quibus aegre occursum est, etc.Liv.
solis candor inlustrior est . . . quippe qui tam late conluceatCic.
convivia non inibat; quippe qui ne in oppidum quidem veniretCic.
With an explanatory appositive
sol Democrito magnus videtur, quippe homini erudito, i.e. as of course it must to an intelligent manCic.
quidam contra miseriti Periturae quippePhaedr.
In irony, certainly, indeed, forsooth
Quippe vetor fatis, I, forsooth, am forbidden by the fates!Verg.
movet me quippe lumen curiaeCic.
II)As conjunction, introducing an obvious explanation or reason, since, for, for in fact
quippe benignus erat, for he was, you see, etc.Hor.
Quippe color nivis estOv.
quippe homo iam grandior ruri Se continebatTer.
neque provinciam invitus dederat; quippe foedum hominem a re publica procul esse volebatSall.
ego laudo . . . quippe qui saepe id remedium aegritudinumst, since somehow (see 2 qui)Ter.
Quippe etiam festis quaedam exercere diebus, Fas et iura sinunt, eince even, etc.Verg.
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