Meaning of -ve | Babel Free

Definitions

1. or, leaving the choice free between two things or among several
2. and, with the same meaning as -que
3. either...or
   poetic, repeated

Equivalents

Examples

“Quid tu es tristis? Quidve es alacris? Unde is?”

Why are you out of spirits or why are you in such a hurry? Whence come you?

“Post hanc habitam contionem duabus tribusve horis optatissimi nuntii et litterae venerunt.”

After this assembly was over, within two or three hours, these most welcome messengers and letters arrived.

“Num, quod maximum est, leges nostras moresve novit, num denique homines?”

Does he—which is most important—does he know any thing about our laws and manners? Is he even acquainted with any of the citizens?

“Nostra quoque ipsorum semper requieque sine ulla / corpora vertuntur, nec quod fuimusve sumusve / cras erimus;”

And our bodies themselves are always, restlessly, changing: we shall not be, tomorrow, either what we were, or what we are.

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