numquam

Latin

Etymology

ne + umquam.

Alternative forms

• nunquam

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.kʷam/, [ˈnʊŋ.kʷã]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.kwam/, [ˈnuŋ.kwam]

Adverb

numquam (not comparable)

1. never

Antonyms

• (never): semper

Derived terms

• nonnumquam

Related terms

• num
• quam

Descendants

• Asturian: nunca, ñunca
• Galician: nunca
• Portuguese: nunca
• Spanish: nunca

References

• numquam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• numquam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “numquam” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet