different between quod vs quid

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of quadrangle; originally (17th century) referring to the quadrangles of Newgate Prison, London.

Noun

quod (countable and uncountable, plural quods)

1. (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.

   • 1878, John Wrathall Bull, Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia, page 264,

     […] and declined their escort, desiring to be conducted to “quod” by the gallant South Australian police, […] .

   • 2000, R.I.C. Publications, Workbook E: Society and Environment, page 48,

     From 1855-1903 a chapel was built, the boat shed and holding cell constructed, Government House was constructed as a summer residence for the Governor and the Quod (slang for prison) was constructed.

   • 2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 202,

     Pity McNamara?s still doing his stretch in the quod, but he?ll be out soon.

2. (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.

Translations

Alternative forms

• quad

Verb

quod (third-person singular simple present quods, present participle quodding, simple past and past participle quodded)

1. (slang, archaic) To confine in prison.

Etymology 2

Verb

quod

1. (obsolete) Quoth.
   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Summoner?s Prologue and Tale, The Canterbury Tales, 2009, Robert Boenig, Andrew Taylor (editors), The Canterbury Tales: A Selection, page 190,

     “No fors,” quod he, “but tel me al youre grief.”

   • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments, 1868, The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period, Volume 8, Part 1, page 422,

     “Why,” quod her friend, “would ye not willingly have gone with your company, if God should so have suffered it?”

   • 1908, James Gairdner, Lollardy and the Reformation in England: An Historical Survey, 2010, Cambridge University Press, page 416,

     “And therefore I have granted to their request,” quod the King; […] .

Latin

Etymology

Inflection of qu? (“who, which”), corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *k?od, whence also Old English hwæt (English what).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?od/, [k??d?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwod/, [kw?d?]

Pronoun

quod

1. nominative neuter singular of qu?
2. accusative neuter singular of qu?

Conjunction

quod

1. which
2. because
3. until
4. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) that (in indirect speech)

Related terms

• quid

Descendants

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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?d/, [k?w??d]
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quid (“what, something”), neuter singular of quis (“who”).

Noun

quid (plural quids)

1. The inherent nature of something.
2. (US, historical) A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).

Etymology 2

Likely derives from the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”), referring to the exchange of goods/services for money.

Noun

quid (plural quid or (rare) quids)

1. (historical) A sovereign or guinea.
   • 1870, Charles Reade, Put Yourself in His Place

     They invited him to come to-morrow, […] and bring half a quid with him.

2. (Britain, colloquial, slang) Pound sterling.

3. (Australia, colloquial) pound (before the 1966 currency change)
4. (Ireland, colloquial) pound, punt
5. (Ireland, colloquial) euro

Synonyms

• (pound sterling):
  • pound, pound sterling
  • (slang): nicker, sov

Derived terms

• quids in

Etymology 3

From Middle English quide, quede, from Old English cwidu, cwudu (“that which is chewed, cud”). Doublet of cud.

Noun

quid (plural quids)

1. A piece of chewing tobacco.
2. (US, colloquial) the act of chewing such tobacco

Verb

quid (third-person singular simple present quids, present participle quidding, simple past and past participle quidded)

1. To chew tobacco
2. (of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing

See also

Anagrams

• Qidu

French

Etymology

From Latin quid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwid/

Pronoun

quid

1. (formal) what about

   Synonyms: qu'en est-il de, quoi

Further reading

• “quid” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

quid m (invariable)

1. A certain something (that is somehow undefinable)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *k?id; compare *k?is.

The sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek ?? (tí).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?id/, [k??d?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwid/, [kwid?]

Pronoun

quid

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of quis

2. (internal accusative) what, how?
   • Aeneid 12.872 by Vergil

     Quid nunc t? tua, Turne, potest germ?na iuv?re?

     How will your sister help you now, Turnus?

Derived terms

• quid tibi nomen est?
• quid nomen tibi est?
• quid si? (what if?)

  Quid si illud addimus.

• quid tum? (what then? how then?)
• quid ergo (ironically)
• quid agis?
• quid ais?

Adverb

quid (not comparable)

1. why? what for?
   • Gesta Danorum (“deeds of the Danes”) by Saxo Grammaticus (in Latin caput 8, liber 1, translation in English chapter 8, book 1)

     Quid gladi? pugn?s incurv??

     Why do you fight with a bent sword?

Interjection

quid

1. well, why, what?

Derived terms

• quid n?, quidn?
• quid ita

Related terms

• quod
• quis

Descendants

References

• quid in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quid in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quid in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Spanish

Noun

quid m (plural quids or quid)

1. gist; point; crux