ecquisnam
Latin
Etymology
ecquis (“is there anyone who...?”) + -nam (emphatic)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈkʷɪs.nãː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈkʷiz.nam]
Pronoun
ecquisnam or ecquīnam (feminine ecquaenam, neuter ecquidnam); indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an Indeclinable portion
- is there anyone at all who...?, is there anyone whatsoever who...?
Declension
Indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an Indeclinable portion.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
— | |||
| vocative | — | — | |||||
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