quīn conj.
I.I. 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.—
II.II. 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 pron
relat
. 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.