determinerindeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative determiner
ecquī
ecquī or ecquei or ecquis (feminine ecqua or ecquae, neuter ecquod)
Classical[ɛkˈkʷiː.nãː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈkʷiː.nam]
Meaning
- (Is there) any...?
Omnis est misera servitus; sed fuerit quaedam necessaria: ecquodnam principium ponetis libertatis capessendae?
44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippicae 10.19 - whether (there is) any
Nam mihi, Brute, in te intuenti crebro in mentem venit vereri, ecquodnam curriculum aliquando sit habitura tua et natura admirabilis et exquisita doctrina et singularis industria.
46 BCE, Cicero, Brutus 22.3
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ecquīnam ecqueinam, ecquisnam | ecquaenam | ecquodnam |
| dative | eccuinam ecquoinam, ecquoī, quoeinam, ecquoiī, quoieinam | eccuinam ecquoinam, ecquoī, quoeinam, ecquoiī, quoieinam | eccuinam ecquoinam, ecquoī, quoeinam, ecquoiī, quoieinam |
| accusative | ecquemnam | ecquamnam | ecquodnam |
| ablative | ecquōnam ecquīnam | ecquānam ecquīnam | ecquōnam ecquīnam |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ecquīnam ecqueinam | ecquaenam | ecquaenam |
| accusative | ecquōsnam | ecquāsnam | ecquaenam |
Origins
From ecquī + -nam. See also ec-, ecquis and ecquisnam.