aliqui

== Latin == === Etymology === From ali- (“some-”) +‎ quī (“which”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.lɪ.kʷiː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.li.kʷi] === Determiner === aliquī or aliquis (feminine aliqua, neuter aliquod); indeclinable portion with a relative/interrogative determiner (determiner) some, any (pronoun) someone, something, anyone, anything ==== Declension ==== Indefinite determiner. 1Normatively, aliquī is a determiner (used adjectivally) and aliquis is a pronoun (used substantively), but the opposite usages can be found, even among the best Classical writers.2The feminine nominative singular form is usually aliqua, but there are a handful of possible examples of aliquae as a feminine nominative singular form; see Citations:aliquae. The feminine nominative plural can only be aliquae, and there are perhaps no solid examples of the neuter nominative/accusative plural taking any form other than aliqua.3Alternative spelling aliquoius (used in Republican Latin or earlier).4Alternative spelling aliquoi (used in Republican Latin or earlier).5Alternative spelling aliqueis (used in Republican Latin or earlier). ==== Derived terms ==== *alicūnus (Vulgar Latin) ==== Related terms ==== === References === “aliqui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aliqui”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aliqui”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.