unusquisque

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ūnus + quisque.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uː.nusˈkʷis.kʷe/, [uːnʊs̠ˈkʷɪs̠kʷɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.nusˈkwis.kwe/, [unusˈkwiskwe]

Pronoun

ūnusquisque m (feminine ūnaquaeque, neuter ūnumquodque)

  1. each one; every single one

Declension

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ūnusquisque ūnaquaeque
ūnaquaque1
ūnumquodque ūnīquīque2 ūnaequaeque ūnaquaeque
ūnaquaque1
Genitive ūnī̆uscuiusque2 ūnōrumquōrumque ūnārumquārumque ūnōrumquōrumque
Dative ūnīcuique2 ūnīsquibusque
ūnīsquīsque2
Accusative ūnumquemque ūnamquamque ūnumquodque ūnōsquōsque ūnāsquāsque ūnaquaeque
ūnaquaque1
Ablative ūnōquōque ūnāquāque ūnōquōque ūnīsquibusque
ūnīsquīsque2

1When used as an indefinite pronoun or adjective, the feminine nominative singular and neuter nominative/accusative plural is usually qua instead of quae. Indefinite qua is generally only found directly after the accompanying , nisi, num, or and may be considered to be either enclitic to it or forming a compound with it; sometimes sīqua, numqua, and nēqua are written together. The form qua is never found for any form of the interrogative or relative pronouns, nor for the feminine plural of the indefinite pronoun or adjective.
2In Republican Latin or earlier, quī was often spelled as quei, cuius as quoius, cui as quoi (or quoiei), and quīs as queis.

Descendants

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

References

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