numquis

Latin

Alternative forms

• num quis

Etymology

From num +‎ quis.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

numquis

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

Declension

Indefinite pronoun.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

• “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.