inquam

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Indo-European *enskʷé-, prefixed form of the thematic aorist of Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.kʷam/, [ˈɪŋkʷä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.kwam/, [ˈiŋkwäm]

Verb

inquam (perfect active inquiī); irregular conjugation, irregular, highly defective

1. I say
   • Captivi ("the captives") by Plautus (English and Latin text)

     Tun' te Philocratem esse ais? - Ego, inquam.

     So, you claim to be Philocrates, you say? - I certainly say that.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:inquam.

Usage notes

• Used to introduce a quotation, platitude, or logical argument.

Conjugation

Conjugation of inquam (irregular, highly defective)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inquam	inquis	inquit	inquimus	inquitis	inquiunt
	imperfect	—	—	inquiēbat	—	—	—
	future	—	inquiēs	inquiet	—	—	—
	perfect	inquiī	inquistī	inquit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	inquiat	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	inque	—	—	—	—
	future	—	inquitō	inquitō	—	—	—
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		—	—	—	—	—	—
participles		inquiēns	—	—	—	—	—

Synonyms

• (say): aiō, for, dīcō, loquor

References

• “inquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.