quispiam

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Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of quis +‎ -pe +‎ iam.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

quispiam (feminine quaepiam, neuter quidpiam or quippiam); relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion

  1. anybody, anything
  2. somebody, something

Declension

Relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative quispiam quaepiam quidpiam
quippiam 		quīpiam1 quaepiam
genitive cuiuspiam1 quōrumpiam quārumpiam quōrumpiam
dative cuipiam1 quibuspiam
quīspiam1
accusative quempiam quampiam quidpiam
quippiam 		quōspiam quāspiam quaepiam
ablative quōpiam
quīpiam 		quāpiam
quīpiam 		quōpiam
quīpiam 		quibuspiam
quīspiam1
vocative — —

1In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms of quī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or plural quī (old spelling quei), the genitive singular cuius (old spelling quoius), the dative singular cui (old spelling quoi or quoiei), the dative/ablative plural quīs (old spelling queis).

  • The plural is very rare.
  • The feminine nominative singular quaepiam may be unattested in Classical Latin as a pronoun (it is found as an adjective; see below).

Adjective

quispiam (feminine quaepiam, neuter quodpiam); relative/interrogative determiner with an indeclinable portion

  1. any
  2. some

Declension

Relative/interrogative determiner with an indeclinable portion.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative quispiam quaepiam quodpiam quīpiam1 quaepiam
genitive cuiuspiam1 quōrumpiam quārumpiam quōrumpiam
dative cuipiam1 quibuspiam
quīspiam1
accusative quempiam quampiam quodpiam quōspiam quāspiam quaepiam
ablative quōpiam quāpiam quōpiam quibuspiam
quīspiam1
vocative — —

1In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms of quī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or plural quī (old spelling quei), the genitive singular cuius (old spelling quoius), the dative singular cui (old spelling quoi or quoiei), the dative/ablative plural quīs (old spelling queis).

  • The plural is very rare.

Quotations

  • Marcus Tullius Cicero, in a letter at Varro. In: M. T. Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad Quintum Fratrem, ad M. Brutum, et quae vulgo ad Familiares dicuntur, temporis ordine dispositae. Tomus IX. – M. Tullius Cicero's sämmtliche Briefe, übersetzt und erläutert von C. M. Wieland. Neunter Band, Wien und Triest, 1814, p. 232:
    Quamquam tum quidem vel aliae quaepiam rationes, honestas nobiset curas, et actiones darent: nunc autem quid est, sine his cur vivere velimus?
  • Apulejus Madaurensis, Florida. In: Apuleii opera omnia ex editione oudendorpiana, vol. II., London, 1825, p. 922:
    Satis, inquit, mihi fuerit mercedis, Thales sapiens,4 si id, quod a me didicisti, cum proferre ad quospiam coeperis, tibi non asciveris,5 sed ejus inventi me potius, quam alium, repertorem praedicaveris.6
    4 Post inquit voces Th. sapiens ponit Floridus. Id.—5 Abest non a Coll. Voss. Id.—6 Praedicaveris. Pith. praedicaris. Ed. Vic. praedicatis. Id.
    • The wise Thales replied, It will be a sufficient reward to me, if you do not publish what I have taught you as a discovery of your own, but fairly declare that I am the inventor.
    • 'It is enough recompense,' replied Thales the wise, 'if you will refrain from claiming as your own the theory I have taught you, whenever you begin to impart it to others, and will proclaim me and no other as the discoverer of this new law.'

See also

Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite free choice universal negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quīvis, quīlibet quisque quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter utervīs, uterlibet uterque neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubivīs, ubilibet ubīque usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde °undelibet undique aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāvīs, quālibet quāque nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō quōmodolibet utīque ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōlibet quandōque umquam numquam aliās
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet
number tot totidem quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

References

  1. ^ The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle, 2nd edition, vol. V, S—Z, London, 1738, s.v. Tahles, p. 324. The Latin text is quoted as: "Satis, inquit, mihi fuerit mercedis, Thales sapiens, si id quod à me didicisti, cum proferre ad quospiam coeperis, tibi non adsciveris; sed ejus inventi me potius quam alium repertorem praedicaveris."
  2. ^ H. E. Butler, The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura, Oxford, 1909 (Project Gutenberg)

Further reading

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