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unusquisque

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ūnus +‎ quisque.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ūnusquisque m (feminine ūnaquaeque, neuter ūnumquidque)

  1. each one; every single one
    • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, I Corinthios 7:2, page 1775:
      propter fornicationem autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat, et unaquæque suum virum habeat.
      But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective (pronominal) with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion, singular only.

singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ūnusquisque ūnaquaeque ūnumquidque
genitive ūnī̆uscuiusque1
dative ūnīcuique1
accusative ūnumquemque ūnamquamque ūnumquidque
ablative ūnōquōque ūnāquāque ūnōquōque

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).

Descendants

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  • Sardinian: uniskis (Old Sardinian), unukis (Old Sardinian)[1]

Adjective

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ūnusquisque m (feminine ūnaquaeque, neuter ūnumquodque)

  1. each; every single

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective (pronominal) with a relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion.

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

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  1. ^ Bonfante, Giuliano, Bonfante, Larissa (1999) The Origin of the Romance Languages, page 100