LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
determinerindeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative determiner

ecquī1

ecquī or ecquei or ecquis (feminine ecqua or ecquae, neuter ecquod)

Meaning

  1. determiner(is/are/does/do) ... any ...?
    Ecqua tandem lex est tam acerba, quae dicat...234 BCE – 149 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, Origines 91 (fragment cited in Aulus Gellius)
    Ecquas viginti minasAnd you are making ready to get eighty pounds out of me?c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 1.5
  2. determinerwhether any
    Cum quod scriberem plane nihil haberem, haec autem reliqua essent quae scire cuperem, profectusne esset, quo in statu urbem reliquisset, in ipsa Italia quem cuique regioni aut negotio praefecisset, ecqui essent ad Pompeium et ad consules ex senatus consulto de pace legati, cum igitur haec scire ⟨cupere⟩m dedita opera has ad te litteras misi.68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 10.3.1
    Primum hoc quaero, ecqui tandem locus usquam sit quem non possint xviri dicere publicum populi Romani esse factum.63 BCE, Cicero, De lege agraria 2.39.4
  3. pronounanyone, anything?
    Qui cena poscit? Ecqui poscit prandio?1952 translation by Paul Nixon Who offers a dinner? (silence) Anyone offer a lunch? (more silence)c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Stichus 222
  4. pronounwhether anyone, anything
    "In consilio" inquit "arbitror me fuisse consulibus, Capua capta cum quaereretur ecqui Campanorum bene meritus de re publica nostra esset.1943 translation by Frank Gardner Moore "I testify," he said, "that I was one of the advisers to the consuls when, after the capture of Capua, the question was raised whether there was anyone of the Campanians who had deserved well of our republic.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.33.7

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeecquī
ecquei, ecquis		ecqua
ecquae		ecquod
dativeeccui
ecquoi, quoei, ecquoiī, quoiei		eccui
ecquoi, quoei, ecquoiī, quoiei		eccui
ecquoi, quoei, ecquoiī, quoiei
accusativeecquemecquamecquod
ablativeecquō
ecquī		ecquā
ecquī		ecquō
ecquī
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeecquī
ecquei		ecquaeecqua
ecquae
accusativeecquōsecquāsecqua
ecquae

ecqui, ecquae, or ecqua (cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25, and v. aliqui), ecquod (
I. gen. is not in use), pron. interr. adj. [ec, cf. ecce, and qui], Is there any one who? Any? in impassioned interrogation, i. q. num qui, quae (qua) quod.
I. Prop. (with a subst.; class.): ecqui pudor est? ecquae religio, Verres? ecqui metus? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; cf. id. Sest. 52.—In the fem.: ecquae, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 1; id. Stich. 2, 2, 42; Cic. Ac. 2, 26 fin.; id. Att. 8, 12, 4; Ov. H. 16, 341; but: ecqua, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 83; id. Men. 1, 2, 86; id. Mil. 3, 1, 199; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24 fin.; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; id. Inv. 2, 12 fin. (thrice); Verg. A. 3, 341 al.: rus Sunii ecquod haberem, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 13; so, ecquod, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57; id. Inv. 2, 12 fin.; Liv. 1, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 3 al.: ecquem trapezitam, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 62; so, ecquem, id. Poen. 5, 2, 84; id. Rud. 1, 2, 37; 2, 2, 7 al.; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 6; cf. ecquam, Plaut. Epid. 3, 4, 5; id. Mil. 3, 1, 187; id. Merc. 2, 3, 56 al.: ecquas, id. Ps. 1, 5, 69: ecqui silices, Ov. P. 4, 10, 3.—With suffixed nam: Ecquaenam origo, Lucr. 5, 1211: accessio, Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67: ecquodnam curriculum, id. Brut. 6, 22: ecquonam modo, ecquonam loco, id. Part. 14.—*
II. Without a subst.: quis cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio? Does any one bid a breakfast? Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 69.

Origins

From ec- + quī.

adverb
ecquī2
ecquī (not comparable)

Meaning

  1. not comparableIn any way?
  2. not comparablewhether in any way
    Ubi is obiit mortem qui mihi id aurum credidit, coepi observare, ecqui maiorem filiusc. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia prologus.0.15–17

ecqui, adv.; see the foll. art. II. B.

Origins

From ec- + quī (adverb).

Quick answers

What does ecquī mean in Latin?
ecquī, a determiner, means “(is/are/does/do) ... any ...?; whether any; anyone, anything?”.