ecquisnam

Latin

Etymology

ecquis (“is there anyone who...?”) +‎ -nam (emphatic)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈkʷis.nam/, [ɛkˈkʷɪs̠nä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈkwis.nam/, [ekˈkwiznäm]

Pronoun

ecquisnam or ecquīnam (feminine ecquaenam, neuter ecquidnam); indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an Indeclinable portion

1. is there anyone at all who...?, is there anyone whatsoever who...?

Declension

Indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an Indeclinable portion.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ecquisnam ecquīnam1	ecquaenam	ecquidnam		ecquīnam1	ecquaenam
Genitive	—				—
Dative	eccuinam1
Accusative	ecquemnam	ecquamnam	ecquidnam		ecquōsnam	ecquāsnam	ecquaenam
Ablative	ecquōnam ecquīnam	ecquānam ecquīnam	ecquōnam ecquīnam		—

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

• “ecquisnam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ecquisnam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers