nequiquam

Latin

Alternative forms

• necquicquam
• nēquicquam
• nēquidquam

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neːˈkʷiː.kʷam/, [neːˈkʷiːkʷä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈkwi.kwam/, [neˈkwiːkwäm]

Adverb

nēquīquam (not comparable)

1. In vain, to no purpose, fruitlessly, pointlessly; without ground or reason.

References

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