aliqui Latin · revision 18042

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aliquī''' or aliquei or aliquis (feminine aliqua, neuter aliquod); indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative determiner^(Wiktionary)

+ The feminine singular is ''aliqua'', older ''aliquae'' (Lucilius, Lucretius); Cicero has the genitive ''aliquoius'' and Terence the dative ''aliquoi''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ali-|t=some-]], the stem of [[m|la|alius|t=other]], and [[m|la|quī|t=which]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it in Plautus and Cato.^(Köbler 2010) Plautus has ''sī nōn fēcerō eī male aliquō pactō'', “if I don't do him harm in some way”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Aliquī'' is the adjective “some, some … or other” (Terence: licence ends ''in aliquod magnum malum'', “in some great trouble”), “a sort of” when apologizing for a metaphor, and after a negative or ''sī'' “any at all”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is “some amount of” (Plautus: ''aliquō auxiliō''), in the plural “a few”, and emphatically “some real” (Cicero: is there any art of speaking?).^(OLD 2012) It also means “a certain, a particular”, ''aliquō tempore'' “once”, “some other”, “one or other”, and with numbers “about, some” (Plautus: ''aliquōs vīgintī diēs'', “some twenty days”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its masculine ''aliquī'' and neuter ''aliquod'' are also used as pronouns, “somebody, something”, and an adverb ''aliquī'' means “in some way”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “some, any”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''aliquō pactō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''in aliquod magnum malum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''artem aliquam esse dīcendī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # Some, some … or other, ''(after a negative or sī)'' any.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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

+ # Some real, of some account.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A certain, a particular; some other; one or other.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(with numerals)'' About, some.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Pronoun===

+ # Somebody, someone; something.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aliquamdiū]]

+ * [[aliquodfāriam]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aliquis]]

+ * [[quī]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Aliquī is the adjective and [[aliquis]] the pronoun, but the two differ only in the masculine nominative singular and the neuter nominative and accusative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}