nequiquam

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Latin

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Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neːˈkʷiː.kʷam/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈkwi.kwam/,

Adverb

nēquīquam (not comparable)

In vain, vainly, needlessly, uselessly, fruitlessly, pointlessly; to no purpose or effect, without ground or reason
Synonyms: īnfēlīciter, frūstrā, supervacuō
- Gaius Valerius Catullus, Catullus 101:
  et mūtam nequīquam alloquerer cinerem.
  And (to) talk in vain to silent ash.
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.208–209:
  “ an tē, genitor, cum fulmina torquēs, / nēquīquam horrēmus .”
  “Or when you hurl thunderbolts, Father , tremble vainly?”

References

“nequiquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“nequiquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
nequiquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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