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by thaumasiotes 1891 days ago
The literal meaning is "what for what?".
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fouuler 1891 days ago
Not really. quid/quod can mean `what' or `something'. Here it clearly means `something'.
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mettamage 1891 days ago
So kind of like a "something for something" ?
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