nequiquam
Latin
Alternative forms
- necquicquam
- nēquicquam
- nēquidquam
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /neːˈkʷiː.kʷam/, [neːˈkʷiːkʷä̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /neˈkwi.kwam/, [neˈkwiːkwäm]
Adverb
nēquīquam (not comparable)
- In vain, to no purpose, fruitlessly, pointlessly; without ground or reason.
- Synonyms: īnfēlīciter, frūstrā
- Gaius Valerius Catullus, Catullus 101:
- et mūtam nequīquam alloquerer cinerem.
- And (to) talk in vain to silent ash.
References
- “nequiquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nequiquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nequiquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette