aliquis Latin · revision 17746

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la alius, la quis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈa.lɪ.kʷɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaː.li.kʷis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aliquis''' or aliquī (feminine aliqua, neuter aliquid); indefinite pronoun^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ali-|quis]], from the stem of [[alius|t=other]] and the indefinite [[m|la|quis|t=anyone]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan explains ⟨ali-⟩ as either cut from “alius” or a rapid-speech form of ⟨*alie-quis⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on;^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) the OLD's first citation is from Ennius, who says that “someone” once judged a famous contest among three goddesses.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Aliquis'' means “someone, anyone” and in the neuter ''aliquid'' “something”; in the plural “some, a few”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It can stress that there is someone rather than no one, point to a particular but unnamed person, mean “somebody of importance” (''sē aliquem putat'' “he thinks he is somebody”), and “someone else”.^(OLD 2012) ''Est aliquid'' with an infinitive means “it is something to …”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It lives on in [[es|alguien]] and [[m|es|algo]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of an unnamed judge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''opperiāmur dum exeat aliquis'' “let's wait for someone to come out”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero asks his friend to want him to be ''aliquem'', somebody.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Pronoun===

+ # [[m|en|someone]], anyone;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(neuter aliquid)'' something, anything.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(plural)'' Some, a few.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A certain person (unnamed).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Somebody of importance; something worth while.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Someone else.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(adjective)'' Some, any.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alius]]

+ * [[quis]]

+ * [[aliquī]]

+ * [[alicubi]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}