usquam

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from ut + quam, with intermediate Proto-Italic *utVs (so that, as) plus indefinitizing quam. Compare uspiam.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈus.kʷam/, [ˈʊs̠kʷä̃ˑ]

Adverb

usquam (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly in the negative) anywhere
    Antonyms: nēcubi, nusquam

Derived terms

More information type, demonstrative ...
typedemonstrativeanaphoricidentityinterrogative/
relative
indefinitenegativeother
proximalmedialdistalrelativeindefinitefree choiceuniversalnegative polarity
basic hiciste, isticille, illicisipse, īdemquis/quīquisquis, quīcumquequis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiamquīvis, quīlibetquisquequisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquamnēmō, nihil, nūllusalius
dual uterutercumquealteruterutervīs, uterlibetuterqueneuteralter
place hīcistīcillīcibī̆ibī̆demubī̆ubiubi, ubī̆cumquealicubī, uspiamubivīs, ubilibetubīqueusquamnusquam, nūllibīalibī, aliās
source hincistincillincindeindidemundeundecumque, undeundealicunde°undelibetundiquealiunde
destination hūc, °hōrsumistūc, °istōrsumillūc, °illōrsumeōdemquō, quōrsumquōquō, quōcumquealiquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsumquōvīs, quōlibetquōquamnusquam, nūllōrsumaliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place
hācistācillāceādemquāquāquā, quācumquealiquāquāvīs, quālibetquāquenēquāquam, haudquāquamaliā
manner hōc modōistō modōillō modōita, sīc,
modō
item, itidemut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutut, utcumque, quōmodocumquequī, quōdam modō, aliquō modōquōmodolibetutīqueūllō modōnūllō modōaliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nuncōlimtum, tuncsimulquandō, ‡cumcumque, quandōcumque, quandōquequondam, aliquandōquandōlibetquandōqueumquamnumquamaliās
quantity tamtamen, †tandemquamquamquamaliquamquamvīs, quamlibet
size tantustantusdemquantusquantuscumquealiquantusquantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālisquālisquālis, quāliscumquealiquālisquālislibet
number tottotidemquotquotquot, quotcumquealiquotquotlibet
order totusquotusquotuscumquealiquotusquotuslibet
repetition totiēnsquotiēnsquotiēnscumquealiquotiēnsquotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplexquotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative
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References

  • usquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • usquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • usquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “usquam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 646
  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “usquam”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 1336

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