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ecquis, Direct, Is there any one? any? any one? anybody? anything?

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

ecquis , ecquid: (subst. interr. pron., denoting vehement feeling ), whether anybody? anything, any one; anybody? who, what, anything? freq.; (adv.), ecquid, as to anything, in any respect or degree? perchance? at all? 3.342. (ec and quis)
ecquī, quae or qua, quod: (adj. interr. pron., denoting vehement feeling), whether any? any? 3.341. (ec and qui)

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Ecquem Pronoun: feminine accusative singular, Pronoun: masculine accusative singular of ecquis

See Ecquem in Morpho

ecquis, ecquid (abl. ecqui, v. infra, II. B.), pron. interrog. subst., Is there any one who? Any, any one, any body, any thing? in impassioned interrogation, i. q. num quis, quid (class.).
  • I Prop.: aperite hoc: heus, ecquis hic est? ecquis hoc aperit ostium? Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 12 (1020); so, ecquis, id. Bacch. 4, 1, 9 (581) sq.; id. Most. 4, 2, 19 (903) sq.; id. Capt. 2, 3, 99 (459) et saep.; Ter. Eun. 522 sq.; Liv. 3, 68; Verg. A. 9, 51; Hor. S. 2, 7, 34 al.: ecquid, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 58 (648); id. Curc. 1, 2, 39 (134); Ter. Heaut. 595; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62; id. Att. 12, 7; id. Fam. 7, 11; Liv. 40, 40 al.: eccui, Cic. Mur. 33: ecquem, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 42 (712); Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8, 15 et saep.— With suffix nam, Cic. Vatin. 16; id. Fin. 4, 24; id. Top. 21; Auct. Her. 2, 17: quid huc tantum hominum incedunt? ecquidnam afferunt? Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5 (619).—
    • B Adj. for ecqui: ecquis alius Sosia intu'st, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 226 (858); id. Most. 2, 1, 7 (354); id. Men. 4, 2, 110 (680); Liv. 23, 12 fin.; Verg. E. 10, 28; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 15 al.—
  • II Hence, derivv. the adverbs,
    • A ecquid, i. q. numquid, num, whether, perchance, in direct and indirect interrogation: ecquid audis? Do you hear? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 29 (579); id. Aul. 2, 3, 3 (270); id. Curc. 2, 8, 19 [not found]; id. Bacch. 1, 2, 53 (161) al.; Ter. And. 871; id. Eun. 279; Cic. Clu. 26, 71; id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 39, 122; id. Rep. 3, 11; id. Tusc. 1, 8; id. Att. 2, 2, 3; Liv. 3, 11 fin.; 4, 3; 5, 52; Verg. A. 3, 342; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82 et saep.; cf. with tandem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46: Tr. Ecquid placent (aedes)? Th. Ecquid placeant me rogas? Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 4 (907); id. Bacch. 4, 10, 10 (988); id. Mil. 3, 1, 114 (709); 4, 2, 3 (993); Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 3; Liv. 27, 10; 44, 27.—Rarely (like quid) for cur, Liv. 42, 26.—*
    • B ecqui, i. q. num aliqui, whether? in indirect interrog.: coepi observare, ecqui majorem filius mi honorem haberet, etc., whether, etc., Plaut. Aul. prol. 16 (but the true reading, Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15, and Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 2, is ecquid, v. Draeger, Hist Synt. I. p. 318).—
    • C ec-quo, i. q. num aliquo, anywhere? ecquo te tua virtus provexisset? ecquo industria? Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 24, cf. on these adverbs Hand, Turs. II. pp. 351-355.

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