numquam

Latin

Etymology

ne + umquam.

Alternative forms

• nunquam

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.kʷam/, [ˈnʊm.kʷã]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.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 & 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 (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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