numnam

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Latin

Etymology

num +‎ nam

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.nam/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.nam/,

Adverb

numnam (not comparable)

emphatic form of num (“a question particle usually expecting a negation”)
Synonym: numne

References

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

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