adverb
numquid
numquid (not comparable)
Classical[ˈnʊŋ.kʷɪd]Ecclesiastical[ˈnum.kʷid]
Meaning
- not comparableis it possible?
- not comparablesurely not?
Numquidnam tibi molestumst, gnāte mī, si haec nunc mēcum accubat?
c. 209 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 5.1.3Numquid duās habētis patriās, an est ūna illa patria communis?
52 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De legibus 2.4.15
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
(interrog.) num, an fortenumquid — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 24
num-quid (nunqu-),
I. adv. interrog.
I. In a direct interrogation, where there is no corresponding term in English:
numquid meministi? do you remember? Ter. And. 5, 4, 40: numquid, Gnatho, tu dubitas, quin ego perierim? id. Eun. 5, 8, 13: numquid Pomponius istis Audiret leviora, pater si viveret? Hor. S. 1, 4, 52; 1, 4, 136; 1, 2, 69: numquid ergo illuc accedo? Quint. 6, 3, 79; cf. igitur, id. 7, 1, 55; 7, 1, 48.— Esp. in taking leave: num quid aliud? or num quid vis? have you any thing further to say? do you want me longer? Eun. Quid? Me num quid vis? Meg. Vale, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 53; 2, 2, 85; id. Curc. 4, 2, 39; id. Truc. 4, 4, 30: numquid aliut, id. Most. 2, 1, 57.—II. Rarely in an indirect interrog., whether:
scire sane velim, numquid necesse sit, comitiis esse Romae, Cic. Att. 12, 8: si dubitare coeperit, numquid testatus decesserit, vel numquid vivat, Dig. 38, 15, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
num-quid adv.
interrog.—In a direct question, a strengthened num: Numquid meministi? can't you remember? T.: numquid Audiret leviora, pater si viveret? H.: Numquid nam amplius tibi cum illā fuit? T.—In an indirect question, whether, whether at all: scire, numquid necesse sit.
Origins
Univerbation of num (“whether, if”) + quid (“something”).