pronounindeclinable portion with an interrogative/indefinite pronoun with an Indeclinable portion
ecquisnam
ecquisnam or ecquīnam or ecqueinam (feminine ecquaenam, neuter ecquidnam)
Classical[ɛkˈkʷɪs.nãː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈkʷiz.nam]
Meaning
- is there anyone at all who...?, is there anyone whatsoever who...?
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ecquisnam ecquīnam, ecqueinam | ecquaenam | ecquidnam |
| dative | eccuinam ecquoinam, ecquoī, quoeinam, ecquoiī, quoieinam | eccuinam ecquoinam, ecquoī, quoeinam, ecquoiī, quoieinam | eccuinam ecquoinam, ecquoī, quoeinam, ecquoiī, quoieinam |
| accusative | ecquemnam | ecquamnam | ecquidnam |
| ablative | ecquōnam ecquīnam | ecquānam ecquīnam | ecquōnam ecquīnam |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ecquīnam ecqueinam, ecquēsnam | ecquaenam ecquēsnam | ecquaenam |
| accusative | ecquōsnam ecquēsnam | ecquāsnam ecquēsnam | ecquaenam |
ecquisnam, v. ecquis, I.
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ecquisnam quidnam (no gen. or dat.), pron interrog. subst.
ecquis + nam.—Direct, any one? anybody? Ecquisnam tibi dixerit, etc. — Indirect, whether any one : interrogare, ecquosnam posset nominare.
Origins
ec- + quis (“is there anyone who...?”) + -nam (emphatic)