quoquam Latin · revision 33084

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[m|la|quō|t=whither]] and [[m|la|-quam|t=any]],^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) formed like [[m|la|quisquam|t=anyone]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Asinaria'' has a woman forbidden to be sent anywhere except to a particular man.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to any place, in any direction, mostly in negative, interrogative and similar contexts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical: Terence, Lucretius, Sallust, Cicero and Livy use it, and Nepos says that Atticus did not move anywhere from Rome.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Stelten gives "whithersoever, to any place" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of sending someone anywhere.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of Atticus not leaving Rome.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(in negative or questioning contexts)'' To any place, in any direction, [[m|en|anywhere]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quō]]

+ * [[quisquam]]

+ * [[usquam]]

+ * [[quōquō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}