numquam
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnum.kʷam/, [ˈnʊŋkʷä̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnum.kwam/, [ˈnumkwäm]
Adverb[edit]
numquam (not comparable)
- never, at no time
- not at all, by no means
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of "never"): semper
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References[edit]
- “numquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nŭmquam”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 241
Further reading[edit]
- “numquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- numquam in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- numquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
- the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet