quippe

== Latin == === Etymology === For quid (“what, why, well!”, interjection) +‎ -pe, the same corroborating particle seen in nempe; see also quispiam. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɪp.pɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷip.pe] === 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 ==== === 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