quin

quin conscendimus navem?
why don’t we board the ship? dubium non est, quin fuerint ante Homerum poetae
it is certain that there were poets before Homer nemo est quin haec sciat
there is no one who doesn’t know these things

quīn: (conj.), why not, wherefore not? nay but, 1.279; nay even, 2.768; that not, 5.456.

quīn, conj. [abl. quī and ne].

• I As an interrog. particle, why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in inquiring for a fact; cf.: quidni, cur non).
• • • 1 Usu. with indic. pres.: quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis? Ter. Heaut. 832: quin experimur, id. Phorm. 538 Fleck. (Umpf experiemur): quin continetis vocem? Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18: quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus? Verg. A. 4, 99: quin igitur ulciscimur Graeciam? Curt. 5, 7, 4: quin conscendimus equos? why not mount our horses? Liv. 1, 57.—
    • 2 With imper.: quin me aspice et contempla, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16 (172): quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis, just say in one word! Ter. And. 45: quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere, i. e. you had better, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25. —
    • 3 With subj. only in orat. obliq.: quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent, Liv. 3, 61, 14; 4, 43, 11; 40, 40, 4.—
• II Transf.
• • A As a rel. particle, prop. quī or qui ne, and mostly where the rel. stands for a nom. masc. or for abl. of time, who ... not, that not, but that, but, often = Engl. without and a participial clause.
  • • 1 In gen.: curiosus nemo est quin sit malevolus, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 54 (327): neque aequom est occultum id haberi, quin participem te, id. Aul. 2, 1, 13 (132); id. Cas. 2, 8, 68 (504): nulla causast quin me condones cruci, id. Rud. 4, 4, 26 (1070): ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin me viderent, Ter. Eun. 841: facere non possum, quin ad te mittam, I cannot forbear sending to you, Cic. Att. 12, 27, 3: cum causae nihil esset, quin secus indicaret, id. Quint. 9, 32: nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus, id. Att. 11, 15, 3: neminem conveni, quin omnes mihi maximas gratias agant, id. Fam. 9, 14, 1: nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi ubi est, esse malit, id. ib. 6, 1, 1: repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius est, id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88: nemo, qui aliquo esset in numero, scripsit orationem quin redigeret omnis sententias, etc., id. Or. 61, 208: nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te scriberem, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin aliquā ex parte secundum cursum haberent, Caes. B. C. 3, 47: nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur, without being cut off, id. ib. 1, 79: nullum fere tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent, without sending, id. B. G. 5, 55: in castello nemo fuit omnino militum quin vulneraretur, id. B. C. 3, 53: quid recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant, Liv. 32, 21: vix superat, quin triumphus decernatur, it wants little that, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 13, 5: paene factum est, quin castra relinquerentur, i.e. they were very near deserting their camp, id. ib. 17, 13, 5.— So quin (= quī non) stands for a rel. abl. of time: neque ullum fere tempus intercessit quin aliquem de motu Gallorum nuntium acciperet, Caes. B. G. 5, 53.— More rarely quin stands for quae non, quod non, etc.: nulla est civitas quin ad id tempus partem senatus Cordubam mitteret. Caes. B. C. 2, 19: nulla fuit Thessaliae civitas quin Caesari pareret, id. ib. 3, 81: nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat, Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 32: horum autem nihil est quin intereat, id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: nihil est quin male narrando possit depravari, Ter. Phorm. 697: nihil tam difficilest quin investigare possiet, id. Heaut. 675: cum nemo esset, quin hoc se audisse liquido diceret, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136: Messanam nemo venit, quin viderit, id. ib. 2, 4, 4, § 7: nego ullam picturam fuisse, quin inspexerit, id. ib. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. Gell. 17, 13, 2 sq., and Cato ap. Gell. ib. § 3.— 2. Esp. after words expressing hesitation (usu. with neg.): non dubitaturum, quin cederet, Cic. Mil. 23, 63: nolite dubitare, quin, id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68: et vos non dubitatis, quin, id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: dubitatis, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni in rem publicam conferatis? id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49. —
    • 3 Much more freq. after words expressing doubt, ignorance, etc.: non dubitabat, quin, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3: cave dubites, quin, id. Fam. 5, 20, 6: non dubitabat quin ... non posset, id. Att. 5, 11, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88: non esse dubium, quin . . . possent, no doubt that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Ter. And. 391: neque abest suspicio, quin, a suspicion that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4: quis ignerat, quin? who is ignorant that? who does not know that? Cic. Fl. 27, 64: dies fere nullus est, quin hic Satyrus domum meam ventitet, hardly a day passes that he does not come, id. Att. 1, 1, 3.—
  • B That not, as if not, as though not: non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod, not but that, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1: non quin breviter reddi responsum potuerit, Liv. 2, 15. —
  • C For corroboration.
  • • 1 But, indeed, really, verily, of a truth: Hercle quin tu recte dicis, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 77 (411): credo; neque id injuria: quin Mihi molestum est, Ter. Heaut. 581: te nec hortor, nec rogo, ut domum redeas, quin hinc ipse evolare cupio, Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.— Esp. in reaching a climax or adding a stronger assertion or proof: quin etiam, yea indeed, nay even: credibile non est, quantum scribam die: quin etiam noctibus, Cic. Att. 13, 26, 3; 14, 21, 3: quin etiam necesse crit cupere et optare, ut, etc., id. Lael. 16, 59: quin etiam voces jactare, Verg. A. 2, 768: mortem non esse metuendam, quin etiam si, etc., nay, not even if, etc., Lact. 3, 27 fin.; cf.: quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit, Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.—
    • 2 Rather, yea rather: nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei naotus, Liv. 35, 26.—
  • D In corrections, nay, rather: non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, judices, etc., Cic. Mil. 29, 78 sq. (cf. Halm ad loc., and Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 164).

1. quīn, Coni. (aus quine, d.i. quî u. ne, dem Stamme der Negation non), I) in Hauptsätzen, A) zur Angabe einer Aufforderung, Aufmunterung, warum nicht, quin conscendimus equos, warum besteigen wir nicht sogleich die Pferde, Liv.: quin, quom opus est beneficium rursum ei experimur reddere? Ter.: quin age istud, na, dann tue dies sofort, Plaut.: quin ego maneo, na, dann bleibe ich, Plaut.: zuw. mit dem Ausdruck des Unwillens, der Ungeduld, quin uno verbo dic, ei, so sag' es kurz, Ter.: quin omitte me, ei, so laß mich gehen, Ter.: quin continetis vocem, ei, so haltet doch den Mund, Cic.: quin age, quin agite, auf! auf denn! Verg. – B) zur Angabe einer Bekrästigung und Steigerung, fürwahr, wirklich, sogar, vielmehr, ja vielmehr, neque id iniuria: quin mini molestum est, Ter.: hercle quin recte dicis: et tibi assentior ego, Plaut.: nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit; quin contra si in re navali, cuius esset ignarus, offendisset, eo plus in (für das) ea, quorum usu calleret, spei nactus, breve id tyranno gaudium se effecturum affirmabat, Liv.: verstärkt, quin etiam, quin immo, ja sogar, Cic. u.a.: so auch quin et, Hor. carm. 1, 10, 13 u.a. (aber Cic. de amic. 68 jetzt bl. quin ipso equo): quin potius, ja vielmehr, Liv. u.a. (s. Bünem. Lact. 3, 17, 33). – II) in abhängigen Nebensätzen, nach einem negativ ausgedrückten Hauptsatze m. Coniuctiv, A) in Konsekutivsätzen (entst. aus dem relat. quî u. ne = quo non), daß nicht, so daß nicht, ohne daß, nihil tam difficile est, quin quaerendo investigari possit, Ter.: triduo servire numquam te, quin liber sis, sinam, Plaut.: numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant, Cic.: mit einem auf das Nomen im Hauptsatze hindeutenden is verbunden, Cleanthes negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur, Cic. – So quin bes. nach nemo est, nihil est, quis est, quid est u.a., nemo fuit, quin illud viderit, nemo, quin audierit, Cic.: nihil est, quin male narrando possit depravari, Cic.: quis est, quin cernat, quanta vis sit in sensibus, Cic. – auch non quin, nicht als ob nicht, non quin ipse dissentiam, nicht als wenn ich nicht anders dächte, Cic. – B) in Finalsätzen (entst. aus dem fragenden quî u. ne = quo non), eig. auf welche Weise nicht, wie nicht, meist durch zu mit dem Infinitiv oder durch daß ohne Negation zu übersetzen, a) nach den Verben »unterlassen, verhindern, verweigern, sich mäßigen, sich enthalten, zögern, entfernt sein«, nullum adhuc intermisi diem, quin aliquid ad te litterarum darem, Cic.: milites aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent, Caes.: teneri non potui, quin declararem, Cic.: nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus, Cic.: Dioni negare non potuit, quin Platonem arcesseret, Nep.: facere non possum, quin cotidie ad te mittam litteras, Cic.: non od. numquam faciam, quin etc., Plaut. (vgl. facio no. I, B, 6, c. Bd. 1. S. 2664). – b) nach den Verben und Ausdrücken »des Zweifelns und der Ungewißheit«, non dubitari debet, quin fuerint ante Homerum poëtae, Cic.: nemini dubium esse debet, quin eādem mente sim futurus, Nep.: non ambigitur, quin Brutus pessimo publico id facturus fuerit, Liv.: quis ignorat, quin tria Graecorum genera sint, Cic.: non abest suspicio, quin Orgetorix ipse sibi mortem consciverit, Caes.: auch quin non, wenn der abhängige Satz negativ ist, non dubito, quin offensionem neglegentiae vitare atque effugere non possim, Cic.

2. quīn = qui ne, zB. Plaut. trin. 360 (dazu Brix).

quin [CL] 1 (used w. adv. to reinforce previous stated or implied negative or to make a correction) not so (rather). b (>non tantum ‥ quin) not just ‥ but even. sed tamen infantum non cedunt corpora poenis; / quin magis horrendas vincunt praecordia virgas Aldh. VirgV 1062; sacrificia haec ‥ nec auxiliari possunt nec ‥ quin immo quicumque his sacrificia simulacris obtulerit, aeternas ‥ poenas recipiet Bede HE I 7 p. 19; nolumus molesti esse vobis; quin potius benigno vos hospitio recipere ‥ curamus Ib. I. 26 p. 46; nec alicujus licet inertissimi manus in confertos frustraretur. quin et exanimatorum cadavera Turchi uncis ferreis in murum trahebant ‥ W. Malm. GR IV 357; 1448 matrimonium, quinverius effigiem matrimonii, contraxit Eng. Clergy 223; filius quem fuderunt viscera mea ‥ moleste ferens, me exclusa, regnum invadere ‥ quin verius usurpare ausus est Fortescue NLN II 2.  b s1290 non tantum temporalia, quin, mirum dictu, spiritualia, vendicioni escaetor exposuit G. S. Alb. II 5. 2 (as conj., w. expression that indicates absence of impediment, delay, or objection, usu. w. subj.) so as to prevent (from happening), so that ‥ not. non prohibent cor quin omni voluntate fruatur Bede Ep. Cath. 37; 1105 quia ego non audeo differre ‥ quin meum legatum mittam Anselm (Ep. 368) V 312; nec cordis desidia obfuit quin persequeretur fugitantem W. Malm. GP IV 178; 1236 non omiserunt quin perambulaverunt tenementum BNB III 172; a1237 circa personam omittatur quin precipue queratur de falso testimonio Conc. Syn. II 222; porcus ‥ nunquam ‥ dimitteret quin foderet in sterquilinio T. Chobham Serm. 16. 62ra p. 168; non potest deterreri quin amat mulierem Liv. Op. 70. 3 (w. expression that indicates absence of doubt, uncertainty, or sim.) (but) that; b (w. verb of saying) only that. nulli dubium quin Filio Dei semper erant angeli et omnes patriciae caelestis virtutes Bede Ep. Cath. 60; de quo quidem dubitare mihi non licet quin ita sit Ailr. An. I 5; de nullo penitente utiliter est dubium quin salvabitur Holcot Wisd. 175.  b unum veridice possum dicere, quin haec omnia in contrarios actus mutentur Gildas EB 109; nequeo dicere quin ex concessis consequatur, quamquam valde metuam quod te suspicor intendere Anselm (Gram. 3) I 147. 4 (after neg. expression, to indicate absence of exemption to general statement) without its being the case that, but that. b (to introduce neg. consec. cl.) so that ‥ not. nunquam femina intrare potuit quin statim moreretur Gir. TH II 4 p. 80; c1211 dici potest quod anima non erit tunc magis immortalis quam corpus ‥ nec aliquem locum poterit subintrare anima quin et corpus P. Blois Ep. Sup. 29. 6; s1348 nec civitatem nec villam ‥ reliquens quin majorem partem vel totum interfecit Eul. Hist. III 213; 1458 lignum ‥ nihil timebit sibi penitus quin habebit facere fructum, ac folia ‥ procreare Reg. Whet. I 313; 1479 nullus avis volat in dicta insula quin moritur W. Worc. Itin. 172.  b quis ‥ animi secreta sic ‥ commisit, quin potius ‥ arcana sibi perplurima ‥ reservaret? Gir. TH I 13 p. 44.

quīn (6) (quī, ne),

I adverbe : ¶ 1 comment ne... pas ? pourquoi ne... pas ? quin accipis ? Ter. Haut. 832, pourquoi ne reçois-tu pas ? quin tu urges istam occasionem ? Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 2, que ne tires-tu parti de cette occasion ? quin tu aspicis...? Cic. Rep. 6, 14, allons ! regarde toi-même.... ; cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 14 ; Liv. 1, 57, 7 || quin me aspice Pl. Most. 164, allons ! regarde-moi ; Ter. Andr. 45 ; Cic. Mil. 79 || dans st. ind. : Liv. 3, 61, 14 ; 4, 43, 11 ; 40, 40, 4 ¶ 2 [pour renforcer une affirmation] il y a mieux, bien plus : quin mihi molestum est Ter. Haut. 581, mieux, pour moi cʼest insupportable ; non rogo, ut domum redeas ; quin hinc ipse evolare cupio Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1, je ne te demande pas de revenir à Rome ; il y a mieux, moi-même, je souhaite mʼenvoler dʼici, cf. Cic. Mil. 98 ; Leg. 1, 52 ; Att. 10, 4, 10 ; 11, 7, 3, etc. || quin etiam, même sens : Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 5 ; 7, 1, 3 ; 13, 26, 3 ; Læl. 59 ; quin et Hor. O. 1, 10, 13 || quin contra Liv. 35, 26, 10, bien au contraire ; v. immo ¶ 3 = ut non : a) [avec subj., sens consécutif, général^t la principale étant négative] qui ne... pas : numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete dicant Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 95, jamais les Siciliens ne sont en si mauvaise posture quʼils ne fassent quelque trait dʼesprit ; nemo est quin, nihil est quin, quis est quin...? il nʼy a personne qui ne...; il nʼy a rien qui ne... ; est-il qqn pour ne pas...? nego ullam picturam fuisse quin inspexerit Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, je dis quʼil nʼy a pas eu une peinture quʼil nʼait examinée ; nulla est civitas, quin Cæs. C. 2, 19, il nʼy a pas de cité qui ne... pas, cf. Cæs. C. 3, 81, 2 ; nihil est quin intereat Cic. Nat. 3, 30, il nʼest rien qui ne meure || negat esse ullum cibum tam gravem, quin is... concoquatur Cic. Nat. 2, 24, il affirme quʼil nʼy a pas de nourriture si lourde quʼelle ne soit digérée..., cf. Cic. Nat. 3, 34 || sans que : ne se quidem servare potuit quin una vos servaret Cic. Mil. 30, il nʼa même pas pu se sauver sans vous sauver en même temps ; neque ullum fere tempus intercessit, quin... acciperet Cæs. G. 5, 53, 5, il ne se passa presque pas un moment sans quʼil reçût... ; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7 ; b) non quin subj., non pas que ne... pas : non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod... Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1, non que je ne diffère moi-même dʼavis, mais parce que.., cf. Cic. Or. 227 ; Att. 10, 7, 1.

II conj. avec subj. : a) [après les verbes dʼempêch^t employés avec une négation ou avec une interrogation] : facere non possum quin Cic. Att. 12, 27, 3, je ne puis mʼempêcher de ; v. tempero, recuso, teneo, contineo, intermitto, moro, moror ; nihil abest quin Cic. Att. 11, 15, 3, il ne sʼen manque de rien que ; quid causæ est quin...? Ter. Andr. 600, quelle raison y a-t-il pour empêcher que : b) [verbes de doute, dʼignorance employés avec une négation ou avec une interrogation] ; non dubitare quin, non est dubium quin Cic. Tusc. 1, 88 ; Cæs. G. 1, 3, 6, ne pas douter que, il nʼest pas douteux que ; non abest suspicio quin Cæs. G. 1, 4, 4, on soupçonne que ; non dubitabat quin... non posset Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6, il était sûr quʼil ne pouvait pas... ; quis ignorat quin... Cic. Fl. 64, qui ignore que...?

quin . adv. et conj.
何不。何況。卽不。爲果然。— continetis hanc vocem indicem stultitiae? 何不自噤此露癡之聲耶。— voto 吾尙願。— etiam? 况且。尙。— igitur? 何不。— imo vel quinimo 况且。Non dubito — tibi respondeat 彼必應汝無疑矣。Non possum — exclamem 吾不得不高呼。Ut nullo modo introire possem — viderent me 致無法得免人見我之人。Non — breviter reddi responsum potuerit 並非不能便答應。Quis est vestrum — intelligat? 汝等中誰不曉乎。

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quīn conj.

• 2 qui+-ne.
• II. In a principal clause, interrog., why not? wherefore not?(only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in asking for information): quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis? T.: quin taces?T.: quin continetis vocem?: quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus?V.: quin conscendimus equos?why not mount our horses?L.: Quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis, just say in one word!T.: quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere, i. e. you had better: quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent, L.—Corroborative, but, indeed, really, verily, of a truth, nay, in fact: credo; neque id iniuriā; quin Mihi molestum est, T.: nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei nactus, L.: non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, iudices, etc, nay, rather, etc.—In a climax, with etiam or et, yea indeed, nay even: quin etiam necesse erit cupere et optare, ut, etc.: quin etiam voces iactare, V.: quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit, H.—
• IIII. In a dependent clause, so that . . . not, but that, but, without: ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin viderent me, T.: facere non possum, quin ad te mittam, I cannot forbear sending to you: nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus: repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius esse: nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te perscriberem: nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur, without being cut off, Cs.: qui recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant? L.: non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod, etc., not but that.—Esp., representing the nom.of a pronrelat. with a negative, who . . . not, but: nulla fuit civitas quin partem senatūs Cordubam mitteret, Cs.: nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat: quis templum adspexit, quin testis esset?: Nihil tam difficilest quin investigari possiet, T.: Messanam nemo venit, quin viserit.—After words expressing hesitation, doubt or uncertainty, but that, that: non dubitaturum, quin cederet: et vos non dubitatis, quin: hoc non dubium est, quin Chremes non det, etc., T.: cave dubites, quin: non esse dubium, quin . . . possent, no doubt that, Cs.: neque abest suspicio, quin, a suspicion that, Cs.