numquam

Latin

Alternative forms

• nunquam

Etymology

ne + umquam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.kʷam/, [ˈnʊŋkʷä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.kwam/, [ˈnuŋkwäm]

Adverb

numquam (not comparable)

1. never

Antonyms

• (never): semper

Derived terms

• nonnumquam

Related terms

• num
• quam

Descendants

• Aragonese: nunca
• Asturian: nunca, ñunca
• Galician: nunca
• Mirandese: 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• 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