Talk:quisque
Latest comment: 8 years ago by EXplodit in topic Latin inflection
Latin inflection[edit]
Grammar books mention different inflections of this word regarding the plural:
- Modern grammar books often just mention singulars - but modern grammar books are often incomplete anyway (e.g. they often omit the vocative).
Well, maybe they just mention singulars as "each men" (like "one letters") doesn't make sense. But: quisque might have a plural like unus (one) has a plural, which might be used with pluralia tantum or words which in plural have a singular meaning. Like "letters" as plural could be used for "alphabet" and thus "one letters" = "one alphabet" would make sense. - Older grammar books (sometimes) have plurals - but grammar books sometimes include unattestable, not existing and thus made-up forms.
- [zeno.org/Georges-1913/A/quisque] & [www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=quisque&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059] mention plurals of the adjectival pronoun (like "proximi quique").
So the inflection should be like this (vocatives shouldn't exists):
- quisque, quidque (substantival pronoun)
| m./f. | n. | |
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | |
| Nom. | quisque | quidque |
| Gen. | cuiusque/cujusque | |
| Dat. | cuique | |
| Acc. | quemque | quidque |
| Abl. | quōque | |
- quisque, quaeque, quodque (adjectival pronoun)
| m. | f. | n. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | ||
| Nom. | quisque | quaeque | quodque |
| Gen. | cuiusque/cujusque | ||
| Dat. | cuique | ||
| Acc. | quemque | quamque | quodque |
| Abl. | quōque | quāque | quōdque |
| Case | Plural | ||
| Nom. | quīque | quaeque | quaeque |
| Gen. | quōrumque | quārumque | quōrumque |
| Dat. | quibusque | ||
| Acc. | quōsque | quāsque | quaeque |
| Abl. | quibusque | ||
- dat. & abl. pl. might also be "queisque" (queis is an older form of quibus)