ecquisnam

Latin

Etymology

ecquis (“is there anyone who...?”) +‎ -nam (emphatic)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈkʷis.nam/, [ɛkˈkʷɪs̠nä̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈkwis.nam/, [ekˈkwiznäm]

Pronoun

ecquisnam or ecquīnam (feminine ecquaenam, neuter ecquidnam); indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an Indeclinable portion

  1. is there anyone at all who...?, is there anyone whatsoever who...?

Declension

Indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an Indeclinable portion.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ecquisnam
ecquīnam1
ecquaenam ecquidnam ecquīnam1 ecquaenam
Genitive — —
Dative eccuinam1
Accusative ecquemnam ecquamnam ecquidnam ecquōsnam ecquāsnam ecquaenam
Ablative ecquōnam
ecquīnam
ecquānam
ecquīnam
ecquōnam
ecquīnam
—

1In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms of quī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or plural quī (old spelling quei), the genitive singular cuius (old spelling quoius), the dative singular cui (old spelling quoi or quoiei), the dative/ablative plural quīs (old spelling queis).

References

  • “ecquisnam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ecquisnam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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