nequis

Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

nequīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of nequeō

Etymology 2

From nē +‎ quis.

Alternative forms

• nē quis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈneː.kʷis/, [ˈneːkʷɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.kwis/, [ˈnɛːkwis]

Pronoun

nēquis

1. lest any; so that no one

Declension

Indefinite pronoun.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nēquis nēquī1	nēqua nēquae	nēquid		nēquī1	nēquae	nēqua nēquae
genitive	—				—
dative	nēcui1				nēquibus nēquīs1
accusative	nēquem	nēquam	nēquid		nēquōs	nēquās	nēqua nēquae
ablative	nēquō nēquī	nēquā nēquī	nēquō nēquī		nēquibus nēquīs1

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).

References

• “nequis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nequis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

References

• “nequis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nequis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nequis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.