nempe conj.
nam+-pe.—In an
assertion offered as indisputable,
certainly, without doubt, assuredly, of course, as everybody knows
: quos ego orno? Nempe eos, qui, etc.: Nempe
incomposito dixi pede currere versūs Lucili, H.: Nempe omnia haec nunc verba huc redeunt denique, T.: pater est mihi nempe biformis, O.—In a
question as to the meaning of something already said,
I suppose, you mean, I am to understand: Da
. Davus sum, non Oedipus.
Si
. Nempe ergo aperte vis me loqui? T.: nempe negas
ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem?—In a reply,
certainly, obviously, of course: Ch
. Nostin hanc?
An
novi, nempe opinor, T.: Pompei tertius consulatus
in quibus actis constitit? Nempe in legibus.—In a concession,
certainly, indeed, no doubt
: nempe Vir bonus et prudens dici delector,
H.: scimus nempe; haeremus nihilo
minus.—Ironically,
forsooth, to be sure, I suppose
: at avus nobilis. Tuditanus nempe ille, etc.:
nempe ruberes, Viveret si quis, etc., H.
