numquis

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

num quis

Etymology edit

From num +‎ quis.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.kʷis/, [ˈnʊŋkʷɪs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.kwis/, [ˈnumkwis]

Pronoun edit

numquis

(in a direct question; usually expecting a negation) any, anyone, anything

Declension edit

Indefinite pronoun.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	numquis numquī¹	numqua numquae	numquid	numquī¹	numquae	numqua numquae
Genitive	—			—
Dative	numcui¹			numquibus numquīs¹
Accusative	numquem	numquam	numquid	numquōs	numquās	numqua numquae
Ablative	numquō numquī	numquā numquī	numquō numquī	numquibus numquīs¹

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 edit

“numquis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
numquis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.