quisquamne
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷɪsˈkʷam.nɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷisˈkʷam.ne]
Pronoun
quisquamne or quīquamne (feminine quaequamne or quaquamne or quisquamne, neuter quidquamne); relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion
- (masculine, feminine, interrogative) anyone? anybody?
- c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Hercules Furens 1188:
- Hercules — Quisquamne segnis tanta toleravit mala?
- Hercules — Has anyone passively endured such miseries?
- Hercules — Quisquamne segnis tanta toleravit mala?
- (neuter, interrogative) anything?
Usage notes
- Unlike quisquam, quisquamne and its derivatives can be used freely as interrogatives, with or without the subjunctive verb.
Declension
Relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | quisquamne quīquamne1 |
quaequamne quaquamne2 quisquamne3 |
quidquamne | quīquamne1 | quaequamne | quaequamne quaquamne2 | |
| genitive | cuiusquamne1 | quōrumquamne | quārumquamne | quōrumquamne | |||
| dative | cuiquamne1 | quibusquamne quīsquamne1 | |||||
| accusative | quemquamne | quamquamne quemquamne3 |
quidquamne | quōsquamne | quāsquamne | quaequamne quaquamne2 | |
| ablative | quōquamne quīquamne |
quāquamne quīquamne |
quōquamne quīquamne |
quibusquamne quīsquamne1 | |||
| 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).
2Qua (with short ă) occurs only as an indefinite pronoun or determiner placed immediately after sī, nē, or num. The combinations sīqua, nēqua, and numqua are sometimes written without spacing (as also are the masculines sīquis, nēquis and numquis). Compare aliquis, aliqua, aliquid. Quae can also be used instead of quă. Quă is never used as an interrogative pronoun/determiner, relative pronoun/determiner, or feminine nominative plural.
3Feminine quis and quem are attested mainly in early Latin authors (Ennius, Pacuvius, and Plautus).
Adjective
quisquamne or quīquamne (feminine quaequamne or quaquamne or quisquamne, neuter quidquamne); relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion
- (interrogative) any?
Declension
Negative polarity indefinite determiner with an indeclinable portion.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | quisquamne | quaequamne1 quisquamne2 |
quodquamne1 | quīquamne1 | quaequamne1 | ||
| genitive | cuiusquamne | quōrumquamne1 | quārumquamne1 | quōrumquamne1 | |||
| dative | cuiquamne | quibusquamne1 | |||||
| accusative | quemquamne | quamquamne3 quemquamne2 |
quodquamne1 | quōsquamne1 | quāsquamne1 | quaequamne1 | |
| ablative | quōquamne4 quīquamne2 |
quāquamne1 | quōquamne4 | quibusquamne1 | |||
| vocative | quisquamne1 | quaequamne1 | quodquamne1 | quīquamne1 | quaequamne1 | ||
1Only attested in postclassical Latin. In Classical Latin, forms of ūllus were used instead.
2Only attested as a feminine form in the preclassical Latin of authors like Plautus.
3Attested only once in Classical Latin. Usually ūllam was used instead.
4Attested, but rare in Classical Latin. Usually ūllō was used instead.