quisque Latin · revision 17835

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʷɪs.kʷɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkʷis.kʷe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quisque''' (feminine quaeque, neuter quidque or quicque); indefinite substantival pronoun, singular only^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|quis|-que]], the interrogative and indefinite pronoun with the enclitic ⟨-que⟩ in its old generalizing sense, comparable to the Homeric use of [[grc|τε|tr=te]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Compare [[ae|čišča|t=each]] and [[got|𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌿𐌷|tr=ƕazuh|t=each]], formed in the same way.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Quisque'' means “each (one), every one”, of more than two (for two, ''[[uterque]]'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is typically placed after a relative or interrogative (''ut quisque'', ''quod quisque'') or a reflexive (''suum quisque'', ''sibi quisque''), and with a superlative it means “all the most …” (''optimus quisque'' “all the best men”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The neuter is ''quidque'' as a pronoun, ''quodque'' as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein notes that ''quisque'' means each individual, ''quīvīs'' any one you choose, and ''quīlibet'' any one you please, while ''omnēs'' and ''cūnctī'' mean all together.^(Döderlein 1874) In Ecclesiastical Latin it often stands for ''quisquis'' or ''quīcumque''.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''sibi quisque habeant quod suom est''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Pronoun===

+ # [[m|en|each]], each one, every one.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(with a superlative)'' All the most …: ''optimus quisque'', all the best.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Whoever, whatever.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ūnusquisque]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quis]]

+ * [[quīvīs]]

+ * [[quīlibet]]

+ * [[uterque]]

+ * [[quoque]]

+ * [[omnis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}