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umquam ever
umquam is a Latin Adverb that primarily means ever.
Definitions for umquam
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
in questions or negative clauses, ever, at any time
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
At any time, ever: (a) (in neg. cls.). (b) (in conditional cls.). (c) (in questions). (d) (in rel. cls.). (e) (after quam in comparison). (f) (w. superl.).
- 2
(with reduced temporal force, in cls. emphasizing the fact of an occurrence) Ever, at all.
Sentences with umquam
Latin to English
Mihi nunc nōn crēdunt, neque umquam duōbus fīliīs meīs crēdere volent.Compare They do not trust me now, and they will never be willing to trust my two sons.
Nemo doctus umquam ... mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse.Compare No thinker has ever ... said that a change of mind was inconsistency.
Nemo umquam neque poeta neque orator fuit, qui quemquam meliorem quam se arbitraretur.Compare No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was another better than himself.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 151.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2089.
- 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): 122.
Bibliography
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Delatte, Louis, 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.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "umquam (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/umquam.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 151.on page 151
