quisquam

LatinEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From quis + quam (“any”). Compare to quisque.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷis.kʷam/, [ˈkʷɪs̠kʷä̃ˑ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwis.kwam/, [ˈkwiskwäm]

PronounEdit

quisquam (feminine ūlla, neuter quidquam or quicquam); relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion

DeclensionEdit

Latin writers use forms of the Latin word ullus for all forms of feminine singular. (Latijnse Spraakkunst, 83.4, A. Gerebaert S.I.).

Indefinite pronoun.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	quisquam	—	quidquam quicquam	quīquam	quaequam
Genitive	cuiusquam		cuiusquam	quōrumquam	quārumquam	quōrumquam
Dative	cuiquam		cuiquam	quibusquam quīsquam
Accusative	quemquam		quidquam quicquam	quōsquam	quāsquam	quaequam
Ablative	quōquam		quōquam	quibusquam quīsquam

QuotationsEdit

Plautus, Bacchides. In: Plautus with an English translation by Paul Nixon, vol. I of five volumes, 1916, p. 330f.:
ne a quoquam acciperes alio mercedem annuam, nisi ab sese, nec cum quiquam limares caput.
Not to let you take a yearly fee from anyone else but him, or rub heads with anyone.
Plautus, Menaechmi, actus III. In: Plautus with an English translation by Paul Nixon, vol. II of five volumes, 1917, p. 408f.:
Plus triginta annis natus sum, quom interea loci,
numquam quicquam facinus feci peius neque scelestius,
quam hodie, quom in contionem mediam me immersi miser.
More than thirty years I've lived, and never in all that time have I done a worse or more accursed deed than to-day when I immersed myself, poor fool, in the middle of that public meeting.
Plautus, Cistellaria. In: Plautus with an English translation by Paul Nixon, vol. II of five volumes, 1917, p. 120f.:
quod neque ego habeo neque quisquam alia mulier, ut perhibent viri.
A mind is something I haven't got, or any other women, either, according to the men.
Plautus, Mostellaria. In: Plautus with an English translation by Paul Nixon, vol. III of five volumes, 1924, p. 352f.:
ultro te. neque ego taetriorem beluam
vidisse me umquam quemquam quam te censeo.
Off with you! I do believe I never saw a more disgusting beast than you.
Plautus, Rudens. In: Plautus with an English translation by Paul Nixon, vol. IV of five volumes, 1930, p. 326f.:
neque digniorem censeo vidisse anum me quemquam,
cui deos atque homines censeam bene facere magis decere.
I think I never did see a dearer old lady, one I think more deserving of all the good things gods and man can give.
Plautus, Miles gloriosus. In: Plautus with an English translation by Paul Nixon, vol. III of five volumes, 1924, p. 236f.:
dixi hoc tibi dudum, et nunc dico: nisi huic verri adfertur merces,
non hic suo seminio quemquam porclenam impertiturust.
I told you this before, and I tell you again: this boar must receive compensation, or he won't consort with every little sowlet.
Note: Friedrich Neue, Formenlehre der Lateinischen Sprache, 2nd part, 2nd edition, Berlin 1875, p. 245 has: "[...] quemquam porcellam Mil. 4, 2, 68 (im vet., decurt. und Vat. des Plaut. proculem, in den Hdschr. [= Handschriften] des Prisc. 5, 3, 13 S. 645 proculenam und porculaenam, porcellam ist eine Verbesserung von Reiz).", that is: "[...] quemquam porcellam in Miles gloriosus 4, 2, 68 (in the codex vetus, codex decurtatus and codex Vaticanus of Plautus proculem, in the manuscripts of Priscianus 5, 3, 13 page 645 proculenam and porculaenam, porcellam is a correction by Reiz)."

Note 2: In some older works this sentence is cited with the feminine accusative quamquam from which a nominative *quaequam is derived.^[1] Some younger works do mention the feminine *quaequam too, but without giving a citation or reference.

Related termsEdit

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hora		ea/ista hora	hac hora	illa hora	quota hora	quotacumque hora	eadem hora	altera/alia hora
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

ReferencesEdit

“quisquam”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
“quisquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
quisquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
quisquam in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

^ Wilhelm Freund, Wörterbuch der Lateinischen Sprache, nach historisch-genetischen Principien, mit steter Berücksichtigung der Grammatik, Synonymik und Alterthumskunde, 3rd volume, L–Q, Leipzig, 1845, p. 1146: "quis-quam (archaist. QVIQVAM, S. C. de Bacch.), quaequam, quicquam (quidquam), irgend einer, eine eines, irgend jemand, irgend etwas [...] – Im fem. äußerst selten: Nisi huic verri affertur merces, non hic suo seminio quamquam porculam impertiturus est, Plaut. Mil. gl. 4, 2, 67."

[1] Wilhelm Freund, Wörterbuch der Lateinischen Sprache, nach historisch-genetischen Principien, mit steter Berücksichtigung der Grammatik, Synonymik und Alterthumskunde, 3rd volume, L–Q, Leipzig, 1845, p. 1146: "quis-quam (archaist. QVIQVAM, S. C. de Bacch.), quaequam, quicquam (quidquam), irgend einer, eine eines, irgend jemand, irgend etwas [...] – Im fem. äußerst selten: Nisi huic verri affertur merces, non hic suo seminio quamquam porculam impertiturus est, Plaut. Mil. gl. 4, 2, 67."

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