siquis
See also: si quis
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.kʷɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.kʷis]
Pronoun
[edit]sīquis
- if any
- if anyone
- before 79 AD, C.I.L 4.1751, (graffiti inscribed outside of the Marina Gate in Pompeii):[1][2]
- siquis·hic·sederit
legat·hoc·ante·omnia
siqui·futuere·uolet
atticen quaerat a·xvi·- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- siquis·hic·sederit
Declension
[edit]Indefinite pronoun.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | sīquis sīquī1 |
sīqua sīquae |
sīquid | sīquī1 | sīquae | sīqua sīquae | |
| genitive | — | — | |||||
| dative | sīcui1 | sīquibus sīquīs1 | |||||
| accusative | sīquem | sīquam | sīquid | sīquōs | sīquās | sīqua sīquae | |
| ablative | sīquō sīquī |
sīquā sīquī |
sīquō sīquī |
sīquibus sīquīs1 | |||
| vocative | — | — | |||||
1In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms of quī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or plural quī (old spelling quei), the genitive singular cuius (old spelling quoius), the dative singular cui (old spelling quoi or quoiei), the dative/ablative plural quīs (old spelling queis).
References
[edit]- ^ https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2186317
- ^ Varone, Antonio (2002) [1994], Ria P. Berg, revised by David Harwood and Roger Ling, transl., Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on the Walls of Pompeii, translation of Erotica Pompeiana: Iscrizioni d'amore sui muri di Pompei, page 150
Further reading
[edit]- “siquis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “siquis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.