unquam

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuŋ.kwam/

Adverb

unquam (not comparable)

  1. ever, at any time

Latin

Pronunciation

Adverb

unquam (not comparable)

  1. alternative form of umquam
    • c. 1st-3rd centuries CE, CIL, VI 29896, (Tombstone inscription[1][2]):
      NON·GRAVIBVS·VINCLꟾS·VNQVAM·CONSVETA·TENERꟾ
      not accustomed ever to be restrained with heavy fetters

References

  1. ^ “epitaph plaque”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], The British Museum, (Can we date this quote?)
  2. ^ Kruschwitz, Peter (14 April 2015), “The Master and Margarita”, in The Petrified Muse‎[2] (blog)

Further reading

  • “unquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “unquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “unquam”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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