Latin
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haud sciō an
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of statement) I do not know whether…(such and such is true), perhaps…(such and such is true)
56 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by Charles Duke Yonge, Pro Marco Caelio[1], section 16:Quod haud sciō an dē ambitū et dē crīminibus istīs sodālium ac sequestrium, quoniam hūc incidī, similiter respondendum putem.- And I do not know whether I need think it equally necessary to make a reply to the charges of corruption, and to the accusations about clubs and agents (since I have lighted on these topics.)
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