Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From num +‎ quis.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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numquis

  1. (in a direct question; usually expecting a negation) any, anyone, anything

Declension

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Indefinite pronoun.

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

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  • numquis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • numquis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.