[2391.] aliquis is sometimes equivalent to aliquis alius: as,
cum M. Pīsōne et cum Q. Pompēiō aut cum aliquō, Br. 310, with Piso or Pompey or some other man. ea mihī cottīdiē aut tūre aut vīnō aut aliquī semper supplicat, Pl. Aul. prol. 23, she always offers me incense or wine or something else every day.
quīdam.
[2392.] quīdam, a, a certain, denotes a thing which we cannot describe or do not care to.
nōn inrīdiculē quīdam ex mīlitibus decimae legiōnis dīxit: plūs quam pollicitus esset, Caesarem facere, 1, 42, 6, one of the privates of the Tenth said a very dry thing: that ‘Caesar was doing more than he engaged to.’ accurrit quīdam nōtus mihi nōmine tantum, H. S. 1, 9, 3, up trots a man I knew by name alone. assimilis quīdam mūgituī sonus, Suet. Galb. 18, a mysterious sound like the lowing of a cow. vidēmus nātūram suō quōdam itinere ad ultimum pervenīre, DN. 2, 35, nature reaches perfection by a kind of road of her own. Often in translations from Greek: as, aliīs librīs ratiōnem quandam per omnem nātūram rērum pertinentem vī dīvīnā esse adfectam putat, DN. 1, 36, in other works he supposes ‘a kind of Reason pervading all nature and endowed with divine power, of Zeno’s doctrine.
[2393.] quīdam is often used to soften an exaggeration or a metaphor, sometimes to denote contempt.
ēloquentissimōs hominēs innumerābilīs quōsdam nōminābat, DO. 1, 91, great speakers he named, absolutely without number. ad omnīs enim meōs impetūs quasi mūrus quīdam bonī nōmen imperātōris oppōnitur, V. 5, 2, for against all assaults of mine the name of a good commander is set up, like a regular wall. sed aliud quoddam fīlum ōrātiōnis tuae, L. 25, but there is quite a different fibre to your speech. nōn est eōrum urbānitāte quādam quasi colōrāta ōrātiō, Br. 170, their language lacks the tinge of an indefinable metropolitan element. Theomnāstus quīdam, homo rīdiculē īnsānus, V. 4, 148, a person of the name of Theomnastus, an absurd, crack-brained creature.
quisque.
[2394.] quisque, each, each in particular, each by himself, applies what is stated of all to each several case, out of a number more than two.
laudātī prō cōntiōne omnēs sunt, dōnātīque prō meritō quisque, L. 38, 23, 11, they were collectively commended in assembly convened, and received presents, each in proportion to his deserts. quotiēns quaeque cohors prōcurrerat, magnus numerus hostium cadēbat, 5, 34, 2, as the cohorts successively charged, a great number of the enemy fell every time ([2389]). mēns cuiusque, is est quisque, nōn ea figūra quae digitō dēmōnstrārī potest, RP. 6, 26, the mind of a man is always the man, and not that shape which can be pointed out by the finger.