nequaquam Latin · revision 31480

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD forms it from the negative [[nē]] and the feminine ablative singular of [[quisquam|t=anyone]],^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short from ⟨nec⟩ and ⟨quāquam⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL analyses ⟨quā⟩ as an old instrumental of the pronoun stem [[ine-pro|*kʷo-]], compared with ⟨πη-⟩ in [[grc|πηνίκα|tr=pēníka|t=when?]], and ⟨quam⟩ as ⟨quā⟩ with a suffix ⟨*-m⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short quote it from Plautus, “the reckoning of the money by no means tallies”, as well as Ennius;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler gives Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a strong negative, by no means or not at all.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Döderlein distinguishes ''neutiquam'', in no case, from ''nēquāquam'', by no means, and ''minimē'', not in the least.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “no, not, by no means, in no way”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of an account that does not tally.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius, quoted by Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Common in Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By no means, not at all, in no way.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[neutiquam]]

+ * [[minimē]]

+ * [[nēquīquam]]

+ * [[quisquam]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}