quid est nomen tibiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From quid ("what") + 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".

成句

quid est nomen tibi?

1. what is your name?
   • the play Amphitryon by the Roman playwright Maccius Plautus (Latin かつ English versions)

     SOSIA: Amphitruo, qui nunc praefectust Thebanis legionibus, quicum nupta est Alcumena.

     MERCURY: Quid ais? Quid nomen tibi est?

     SOSIA: Amphitryon, who is now the general of the Theban forces, to whom Alcmena is married.

     MERCURY: How say you? What is your name?