usquam Latin · revision 30963

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ut, la quam}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈʊs.kʷãː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈus.kʷam]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''usquam''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ De Vaan and Wiktionary take it as a compound of ⟨*us⟩, from an older ⟨*ut(V)s⟩ “so that, as”, an extended form of [[m|la|ut]], and the indefinite [[m|la|-quam]]; [[m|la|uspiam|t=somewhere]] is formed alike, and the extended stem is also in [[osc|puz|t=that, as]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short took ⟨us-⟩ from [[m|la|ubi|t=where]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan gives Plautus as its first author.^(de Vaan 2008) In the ''Casina'' someone believes that neither at Nemea nor at Olympia nor anywhere are games held so merry.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is “anywhere”, mostly in negative contexts, and also in relative and conditional clauses (Virgil: if justice is anything anywhere), in questions and after comparatives.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short note that [[uspiam]] is also used affirmatively.^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''Nōn usquam esse'' is to be dead, as Suetonius' astrologers say of Vitellius, and ''esse usquam alicui'' is to count for something with someone (Terence).^(OLD 2012) It is also “to any place”, anywhere in a book (Cicero), in any person or thing, and “in any circumstances”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “anywhere, in or at any place”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in the sense “anywhere”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence in the sense “to any place”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of anywhere in a book.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of being dead.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|anywhere|alt=Anywhere]], in any place (usually with a negative).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To any place.^(OLD 2012)

+ # In any circumstances, ever.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''nōn usquam esse'', to be dead;^(OLD 2012) ''usquam esse alicui'', to count for something.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nusquam]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ut]]

+ * [[uspiam]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}