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Vera dico, sed nequiquam, quoniam non vis credere.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Iam perdidisti te atque me atque operam meam, qui tibi nequiquam saepe monstravi bene.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Quam vero indignus videor? ne istuc nequiquam dixeris tam indignum dictum in me, vehes pol hodie me, si quidem hoc argentum ferre speres.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Emungam hercle hominem probe hodie, ne id nequiquam dixerit.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Cupis id quod cupere te nequiquam intellego. dotalem servom Sauream uxor tua adduxit, cui plus in manu sit quam tibi.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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dixit et ex oculis subito, ceu fumus in auras40 commixtus tenuis, fugit diuersa, neque illum prensantem nequiquam umbras et multa uolentem dicere praeterea uidit; nec portitor Orci amplius obiectam passus transile paludem. quid faceret? quo se rapta bis coniuge ferret?
Orpheus and Eurydice Vergil 1912
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Yet they lose nothing thereby in the voluptuous impression left upon the fancy: -- sic in amore Venus simulacris ludit amantis, nec satiare queunt spectando corpora coram nec manibus quicquam teneris abradere membris possunt errantes incerti corpore toto. denique cum membris conlatis flore fruuntur ætatis, iam cum præsagit gaudia corpus atque in eost Venus ut muliebria conserat arva, adfigunt avide corpus iunguntque salivas oris et inspirant pressantes dentibus ora, nequiquam, quoniam nil inde abradere possunt nec penetrare et abire in corpus corpore toto.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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Yet they lose nothing thereby in the voluptuous impression left upon the fancy: -- sic in amore Venus simulacris ludit amantis, nec satiare queunt spectando corpora coram nec manibus quicquam teneris abradere membris possunt errantes incerti corpore toto. denique cum membris conlatis flore fruuntur ætatis, iam cum præsagit gaudia corpus atque in eost Venus ut muliebria conserat arva, adfigunt avide corpus iunguntque salivas oris et inspirant pressantes dentibus ora, nequiquam, quoniam nil inde abradere possunt nec penetrare et abire in corpus corpore toto.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866
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et referam pueris tempora prisca senex. atque utinam uano nequiquam terrear aestu!
From a Sickbed Lygdamus 1912
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et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem. quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum, 5
jamiespeaksadeadlanguage commented on the word nequiquam
combination of nec, que, and quam so, nequiquam means "and not whom"
April 10, 2024