usquam

Latin Edit

Etymology Edit

Probably from ut +‎ quam, with intermediate Proto-Italic *utVs (“so that, as”) plus indefinitizing quam. Compare uspiam.

Pronunciation Edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈus.kʷam/, [ˈʊs̠kʷä̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈus.kwam/, [ˈuskwäm]

Adverb Edit

usquam (not comparable)

(chiefly in the negative) anywhere
Antonyms: nēcubi, nusquam

Derived terms Edit

nusquam

Related terms Edit

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite			negative	other
type	proximal	medial	distal	anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	relative	indefinite	negative polarity	negative	other
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quispiam	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alter, alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter, uterque		neuter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, ubīque, uspiam	usquam	nusquam	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde, undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōquam		aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā, quāque		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
exact time	hac hōra	ista hōra	illa hōra	ea hōra	eadem hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra				altera/alia hōra
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

References Edit

“usquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“usquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
usquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “usquam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 646
Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “usquam”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 1336