numquam

• nunquam

From ne + umquam.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.kʷam/, [ˈnʊŋkʷä̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.kwam/, [ˈnumkwäm]

numquam (not comparable)

1. never, at no time
   • 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Epigrammata III.95:

     Numquam dicis have, sed reddis, Naevole, semper

     You never say "hey", but you always return the greeting, Naevolus

2. not at all, by no means

• (never): semper

• nonnumquam

• num
• quam

• “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), volume 7: N–Pas, page 241

• “numquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• numquam in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• numquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet