quod

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /kwɑd/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwɒd/ Rhymes: -ɒd === Etymology 1 === Abbreviation of quadrangle; originally (17th century) referring to the quadrangles of Newgate Prison, London. ==== Noun ==== quod (countable and uncountable, plural quods) (countable) A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison. 1863, Punch, quoted in 1995, Seán McConville, English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only to Death, page 69, […] not the poorer classes merely, but the rich will be desirous to enjoy the mingled luxury and comfort of a gaol: and we shall hear of blasé Swells become burglars and garotters as a prelude to a prison, and, instead of taking tours for restoration of their health, recruiting it more cheaply by a residence in quod. (uncountable, Australia, slang) Confinement in a prison. c. 1894, Acquaintance of Norman Lindsay, quoted in 2005, James Cockington, Banned: Tales From the Bizarre History of Australian Obscenity, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, paperback →ISBN, page 7, I don′t suppose you'll get more than a couple of months′ quod for them. ===== Alternative forms ===== quad ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== quod (third-person singular simple present quods, present participle quodding, simple past and past participle quodded) (slang, archaic) To confine in prison. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== quod (obsolete) Quoth. === See also === == Latin == === Alternative forms === quot === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷod, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, whence also Old English hwæt (English what). The pronoun came to be used as an adverb through the accusative of respect: "(this is) according to what", "(that is) in respect of which" → "why". Compare quia. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɔd] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɔd] === Pronoun === quod (relative) neuter nominative/accusative singular of quī === Determiner === quod (interrogative) neuter nominative/accusative singular of quī Quod carmen canendum est nobis? ― What song should we sing? === Adverb === quod (in indirect questions) what for, why, wherefore, that: with est and a previous referent (nihil, hoc, etc.): because of which, for which with habeō without the referent alone introducing a sentence: to this purpose, regarding this; that is why Synonyms: quare, cur with sī (and/but if), nisī (and/but though), utinam ((and/but) if ever), ubī, quia, quoniam, etc. === Conjunction === quod often used with adverbs or adverbial locatives: because, in that, as Synonym: proptereā quod Near-synonyms: quoniam, quia ideo/idcirco quod ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) introducing a clause: since, because subject or attribute of a main verb subordinate to an adverbial demonstrative or diacritical adverb in apposition, explaining a noun: that is with the subjunctive: as to the fact, when, whereas, in case that, if it be so that, suppose that regarding, concerning the fact, that, as to the fact, whereas introducing a sentence repeated inside a sentence with restrictive adverbs: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. nisi/tantum quod ― save that, except for modō quod ― as soon as used instead of an infinitive clause: that after verbs of feeling or declaring after faciō or facile est, in (+ gerund) bene fecisti, quod ad me venisti ― you did well in coming to me (perhaps vulgar) also used freely (chiefly post-Augustan) since (temporal) Synonym: cum (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) that (in indirect speech) 13th century, Dies Irae IX: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== quid ==== Descendants ==== In some romance languages, including the two old versions listed, quod merged with the descendants of quid. Aromanian: cã, che Dalmatian: co Old Italian: có Old Neapolitan: ko (Placiti Cassinesi) Romanian: că Romansh: cu === References === “quod”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “quod”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “quod”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "quod", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “quod”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Middle English == === Verb === quod alternative form of quath (“spoke”, etc.)