aliquisquam

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ali-

Latin quis

Latin -quam

Latin quisquam

Latin aliquisquam

From ali- + quisquam.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.lɪˈkʷɪs.kʷãː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.liˈkʷis.kʷam]

Pronoun

aliquisquam (neuter aliquidquam or aliquicquam); indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion

(dubious, rare) anyone whatsoever; anything whatsoever
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 41.6.11.3, (dubious; some editions prefer to print "alii cuiquam" here^[1]^[2]):
  Motus his senatus litteras Lyciis ad Rhodios dedit, nec Lycios Rhodiis nec ullos alicuiquam, qui nati liberi sint, in servitutem dari placere; Lycios ita sub Rhodiorum simul imperio et tutela esse, ut in dicione populi Romani civitates sociae sint.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

The usual negative polarity indefinite pronoun was quisquam, whereas aliquis was usually used as a non-negative-polarity indefinite pronoun; the combination of the prefix ali- and the suffix -quam was rare, and some editors think it is doubtful that this word was ever genuinely used in Classical Latin. It remains extremely rare in Latin of all time periods, despite appearing in some dictionaries.

Declension

Negative polarity indefinite pronoun.

	singular
	masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	aliquisquam	aliquidquam aliquicquam
genitive	alicuiusquam¹
dative	alicuiquam¹
accusative	aliquemquam	aliquidquam aliquicquam
ablative	aliquōquam aliquīquam
vocative	—

¹In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms of quī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or plural quī (old spelling quei), the genitive singular cuius (old spelling quoius), the dative singular cui (old spelling quoi or quoiei), the dative/ablative plural quīs (old spelling queis).

References

^ Briscoe, John (2012), A Commentary on Livy, Books 41-45, Oxford University Press, page 56
^ Weissenborn, W. (1876), Titi Livi Ab urbe condita, volume 9, page 12