pronounindeclinable portion with an interrogative/indefinite pronoun with an indeclinable portion
aliquisquam
aliquisquam (neuter aliquidquam or aliquicquam)
Classical[a.lɪˈkʷɪs.kʷãː]Ecclesiastical[a.liˈkʷis.kʷam]
Meaning
- rareanyone whatsoever; anything whatsoever
Motus his senatus litteras Lyciis ad Rhodios dedit, nec Lycios Rhodiis nec ullos alicuiquam, qui nati liberi sint, in servitutem dari placere; Lycios ita sub Rhodiorum simul imperio et tutela esse, ut in dicione populi Romani civitates sociae sint.
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 41.6.11.3 (dubious; some editions prefer to print "alii cuiquam" here)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aliquisquam | aliquisquam | aliquidquam aliquicquam |
| accusative | aliquemquam | aliquemquam | aliquidquam aliquicquam |
ălĭquis-quam, ălĭquidquam,
I. pron. indef. subst., any one whatever, any thing whatever (perh. only in the two foll. examples):
qui negat, aliquidquam deos nec alieni curare nec sui, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104, where B. and K. now read quicquam: nec ullos alicuiquam in servitutem dari placere, Liv. 41, 6 fin Gron., where Weissenb. now reads alii cuiquam.Origins
From ali- + quisquam.