Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1204.numquam on page 1204
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numquam never
numquam is a Latin Adverb that primarily means never.
Definitions for numquam
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
never
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
At no time, never. (b) (w. addition of limiting adv. or advl. phr.). (c) (foll. by nisi, quin, or ut non). (d) ~non, invariably, always. (e) non ~, on occasions, sometimes.
- 2
Not in any circumstances; (often w. an indefinite pron. or sim.) (b) (esp. in promises, warnings, or sim.). (c) (in the apodosis of a conditional clause).
Sentences with numquam
Latin to English
Virī bonī cōpiā hōrum frūctuum numquam carēbunt.Compare Good men will never lack an abundance of these fruits.
Lībertātem sīc amāvērunt ut numquam ab hostibus vincerentur.Compare They so loved liberty that they were never conquered by the enemy.
Sī quis sibi sōlī serviet, rem publicam numquam servābit.Compare If anyone serves himself alone, he will never save the republic.
Numquam satis ōtiī habēbit; at aliquid ōtiī melius est quam nihil.Compare Never will he have enough leisure; yet some leisure is better than nothing.
Numquam... praestantibus in rē pūblicā gubernandā virīs laudāta est in ūnā sententiā perpetua permānsiō. (Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares I.9.21)Compare Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.
Argentariis male credi qui aiunt, nugas praedicant. Nam et bene et male credi dico: id adeo hodie expertus sum. Non male creditur qui numquam reddunt, sed prorsum perit.Compare People that say bankers are ill trusted talk rubbish. Why, they are well trusted and ill trusted both, I tell you - and what is more, I have proved it myself this very day. Money is not ill trusted to men that never repay you; it is gone for good.
Apelli fuit alioqui perpetua consuetudo numquam tam occupatum diem agendi, ut non lineam ducendo exerceret artem.Compare It was a regular custom with Apelles never to let a day of business be so fully occupied that he did not practice his art by drawing at least a line. [Origin of the proverb Nulla dies sine linea - "No day without a line."]
Cupiditas ex homine, cupido ex stulto numquam tollitur.Compare A man can be cured of his lust, but never a fool of his greed.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 52.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1204.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "numquam (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/numquam.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 52.numquam on page 52
