But, but that: why not. Ter. Nunquam tam mane egredior, neque tam vésperi Domum reuertor, quin te in fundo conspicer Fodere. But that I see you, &c. Non dubito quin eo sis animo. Cic. I doubt not but that yee are of that minde. Quin, pro quod. Nõ dubium est quin vxorem nolit silius. Ter. There is no doubt of this but that my sonne wil not haue a wife. Non dubito quin ad re statim veniam. Ci. Prorsus nihil abest quin sim miserrimus. Ci. I am without faile the wretchedst man liuing. Facere non possum quin ad te mittam. Ci. I can not choose or refraine but that I must needes send to you. Non possum quin exclamem. Ci. I can not choose but cie out. Nemo nostrum est quin vota fecerit. Ci. There is none of vs but that he hath vowed. Nullum intermisi diem quin, &c. Ci. I omitted no day but that, &c. Nego vllam gemmam aut margaritam fuisse, quin quæsierit, iuspexerit, abstulerit. Ci. Dies serè nullus est quin hic Satyrus domum meam ventitet. C. There is no day almost but this Saryrus commeth home to my house. Causæ nihil esset quin secus iudicaret. Ci. Quiduam est? D. puerile est. S. quid est? D. nihil. S. quin dic quid est. Ter. But tel me I say, what it is. Quin, pro cur non. Quid conterimus operam frustra? quin abeam? Ter. Why go I not my way. Quin tu huc aduolas, & muisis illius nostræ Reipublicæ germanæ, &c. Cicero. Why doest not thou make speede hither, &c. Quin ergo, quod iuuat, id semper faciunt. Salu. Why then whatsoener liketh them, let them doe it, so long as it pleaseth them. Syre, pudet me. S. credo: neque id iniuria: Quin mihi molestum est. T. I beleeue thee, and not without cause, & I am also sory theresore or it greuth me also. Quid dicam? quam causam afferam? quin nolo mentiare. Ter. But I woulde not haue you to make a lie. Quin, pro quin etiam, Ne istuc tam iniquo patiare animo P. minimè, quin effectum dabo. Teren. Yea that more is I wil bring it to passe. Pro. Imo. Quin Pythias tu me seruato. Teren. Why then Pythias do chou watch me. -quo mittis istanc quæso? Iube maneas. BA abi. S. quin est paratum argÊtum, BA. quin ego maneo. Ter. Nay lo, here the money is readie. Ba. why lo then I tarie. Quid nunc agimus? G. quin redeamus. Teren. Why then it is best that we returne. Quin, pro quin imo. Perij. S. quin tu animo bono es. Ter. Nay for al that be thon of good cheere. -adduxín illum huius captiuum filium? P H. Quin inquam intus hic est. Plaut. Why, I say, he is within. Quin potius. Plautus, Quin potius quod legatum est tibi negotium. Id curas, atque vrbanis rebus te abstines? Why doest thou not rather see vuto that busines, which? &c. Quin potius illud annota, quæ putaueris corrigenda. Plin. iun. But rather marke this, &c. Quin, pro quamobrem -hic non est locus: Quin tu alium quæras, cui centones farcias. Plaut. Wherfore seeke thon some other man, whom, &c. Quin, pro quare non. Nunquid vis quin abeam? Ter. Is there any thing why you wil not haue me depart? Quin, pro quì non. Vestrarum nulla est, quin gnatum velit ducere vxorem. Ter. There is none of you but that shee would haue my sonne to marrie. Quis tam procul literis, quin sic incipiat? Quint. Whiche wil not so beginne. Famem hercle vtendam si roges, nunquam dabit. Quin ipsi pridem tonsor vngues dempserat,

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. 4, 7, 4: quin experimur, id. Phorm. 3, 3, 5 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: quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis, just say in one word! Ter. And. 1, 1, 18: 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: neque aequom est occultum id haberi, quin participem te, id. Aul. 2, 1, 13; id. Cas. 2, 8, 68: nulla causast quin me condones cruci, id. Rud. 4, 4, 26: ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin me viderent, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2: 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. 4, 4, 16: nihil tam difficilest quin investigare possiet, id. Heant. 4, 2, 8: 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. 2, 3, 17: 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: credo; neque id injuria: quin Mihi molestum est, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 20: 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).