Fromquis +-que(“each”). Compare toquoque andquisquam, and a parallel development inGothic𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌿𐌷(ƕazuh).
quisque (femininequaeque,neuterquidqueorquicque);indefinite substantival pronoun, singular only
quisque (femininequaeque,neuterquodque);indefinite adjectival pronoun
- each one, each person, eachindividual
- everybody,everyone
- anyone,whoever
- The dative or ablative pluralquīsque does appear in Titus Lucrētius Carus'Dē rērum nātūrā book IV: "praestō sint simulacra, locīs inquīsque, parātā"[1][2] Some old editions of the 18th and 19th century however have "Praestō sint simulacra, locōs inquōsque, parātā"[3][4]
- In Plautus and Terence, the feminine nominative and accusative singular can bequisque andquemque, identical to the masculine (compare use ofquis as a feminine interrogative pronoun or adjective in the same time periods).[5]
- There seems to be one inscriptional example ofquīque as an alternative nominative singular masculine form[5] ("quando quique eorum decesserit", CIL 6.1229[6]).
Irregular substantival pronoun:Indefinite substantival pronoun, singular only.
1In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms ofquī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or pluralquī (old spellingquei), the genitive singularcuius (old spellingquoius), the dative singularcui (old spellingquoi orquoiei), the dative/ablative pluralquīs (old spellingqueis).
Irregular adjectival pronoun:Indefinite adjectival pronoun.
1In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms ofquī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or pluralquī (old spellingquei), the genitive singularcuius (old spellingquoius), the dative singularcui (old spellingquoi orquoiei), the dative/ablative pluralquīs (old spellingqueis).
- ^Friedrich Neue,Formenlehre der Lateinischen Sprache, 2nd part, 2nd edition, Berlin, 1875, p. 245: "Dat. und Ablat. Plur. [...] neben quibusque auch quisque Lucr. 4, 798".
- ^Lukrez: Von der Natur. Lateinisch-deutsch. Herausgegeben und übersetzt von Hermann Diels. 3rd edition, 2013, p. 354, line 798
- ^T. Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libros sex. Edited by Ricardus Bentleius and Gilbertus Wakefield, vol. II., London, 1797, p. 328, line 799, with the note: "Ver. 799. sint: Vind. V. ed. B. L. Δ. Π. Σ.in; M.sin: sed nullum esse dubitandi locum de vulgatâ voce censeo.—locos: O. Σ.locis, ut editiones communes; vetustis exemplis universis contra stantibus, non auscultandae.—quosque: sic P. Δ. Π. reliqui omnes,quisque; quae vox quo pacto cumlocos in unâ sede morari queat, non invenio. Quod edidi, prius ex conjecturâ scripseram, quam libros ullos noverim concordantes.In locos autem exquisitissime dictum est pro vulgariin locis: me videas ad i. 889. Hyginus, fab. xli. "Quem pater cum mitteret, praedixit ei, ut, si victor reverteretur, vela candidain novem haberet." Qui locus incontinentes correctorum manus expertus est, Munckero tamen merito defensus. Idem, fab. cxxxix. "Juno autem Jovemin Cretensi insulâ detulit."
- ^Titi Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri sex. Edited by P. Aug. Lemaire, vol. I., Paris, 1838, p. 526, line 800, with the note: "800.Locos in quosque. Vulgolocis in queisque, vetustis exemplis universis contra stantibus.In locos autem exquisitissime dictum pro vulgariin locis, vide ad I, 889.Wak."
- ↑5.05.1“quisque” on pages 1562-1563 of theOxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- ^https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/3593910/image/3597130
- ^Bonfante, Giuliano; Bonfante, Larissa (1999),The Origin of the Romance Languages, page100: “The Latin pronouns aliquis, unusquique, quisque survive in Old Sardinian (alikis, uniskis, unukis, kis) in the sense of ‘each’ (Meyer-Lübke, Altlog., 41; Wagner p. 129), which aliquis did not have in Latin.”
- “quisque”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quisque”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "quisque", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “quisque”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
- all learned men:omnes docti, quivis doctus, doctissimus quisque
- (ambiguous) at the first opportunity:primo quoque tempore
- (ambiguous) every fifth year:quinto quoque anno
Borrowed fromLatinquisque.
- IPA(key): /ˈkiske/[ˈkis.ke]
- Rhymes:-iske
- Syllabification:quis‧que
quisque m (uncountable)
- (informal)person,someone
- todoquisque ―everyone
