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quid_nomen_tibi_est

quod nomen tibi est

Latin

Alternative forms

  • quid nomen tibist?

Phrase

quod nomen tibi est?

  1. what is your name?
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 1.1
      SOSIA: Amphitryon, who is now the general of the Theban forces, to whom Alcmena is married.
      MERCURY: How say you? What is your name?

Etymology

From quod ‎(“which”) + est ‎(“it is”) third-person form of sum ‎(“I am”) + nomen ‎(“name”) + tibi ‎(“to you”), the singular dative of tu ‎(“you”). Literally meaning "what is name to you" or "what is your name".

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