LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
pronoun

quīnam

quīnam
Classical[ˈkʷiː.nãː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷiː.nam]

Meaning

  1. who, which, what (interrogative)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequīnamquaenamquodnam
genitivecuiusnam
quoiusnam		cuiusnam
quoiusnam		cuiusnam
quoiusnam
dativecuinam
quoinam, quoī, quoeinam, quoiī, quoieinam		cuinam
quoinam, quoī, quoeinam, quoiī, quoieinam		cuinam
quoinam, quoī, quoeinam, quoiī, quoieinam
accusativequemnamquamnamquodnam
ablativequōnam
quīnam		quānam
quīnam		quōnam
quīnam
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequīnam
queinam		quaenamquaenam
genitivequōrumnamquārumnamquōrumnam
dativequibusnamquibusnamquibusnam
accusativequōsnamquāsnamquaenam
ablativequibusnamquibusnamquibusnam

quī-nam, quaenam, quodnam,
I. pron. interrog., who, which, what, pray (anteclass.): quinam homo hic ante aedes ejulans conqueritur? Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 17: quinam Tantalidarum internecioni modus sit? Att. ap. Charis. p. 70 P.: quodnam ob facinus? Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 3; rarely = uter, which of two? Hi perpetuas inter se controversias habebant, quinam anteferretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 44.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  4. Latinquīnam

Latin quī Latin -nam Latin quīnam From quī + -nam.

Descendants
  • Catalanquin
  • Occitanquin
  • Franco-Provençalquint

Quick answers

What does quīnam mean in Latin?
quīnam, a pronoun, means “who, which, what (interrogative)”.
How do you pronounce quīnam?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʷiː.nãː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷiː.nam].
Where does quīnam come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *kʷos → Proto-Italic *kʷoi → Latin quīnam.