aliquis

== Latin == === Etymology === From ali- +‎ quis (indefinite pronoun). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.lɪ.kʷɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.li.kʷis] === Pronoun === aliquis or aliquī (feminine aliqua, neuter aliquid); indefinite pronoun (pronoun) someone, somebody, anyone, something, anything; sometimes to be followed by the word else ad calculōs aliquem vocō ― to invite someone to do some calculation petere aliquem hastā ― to attack someone with a spear (determiner) some, any ==== Usage notes ==== After sī, nisi, num, and nē, ali- falls away; see quis. Normatively, 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: Pūblius Vergilius Marō, Aenēis, liber II. In: Virgil with an English translation by H. Rushton Fairclough, vol. I of two volumes, 1916, p. 296f.: ==== Declension ==== Indefinite pronoun. 1aliquī m (nom. sg.) is relatively rare (but classically attested) as a pronoun, although frequent as a determiner.2aliqua f (nom. sg.) is very rare as a pronoun, although frequent as a determiner.3aliquī (nom. pl.) had an alternative Old Latin form aliquēs according to the Late Latin grammarian Charisius.4alicuius (gen. sg.) and alicui (dat. sg.) have alternative spellings aliquoius, aliquoi (used in Republican Latin or earlier).5aliquīs (abl. pl.) has the alternative spelling aliqueis (used in Republican Latin or earlier).6aliquī (abl. sg.) is a rare Old Latin form, attested in Plautus in place of aliquō as a masculine and neuter pronoun. ==== Derived terms ==== matellam praestō alicui ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === aliquid aliquī ecquis === References === === Further reading === “aliquis” in volume 1, column 1606, line 60 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present “aliquis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aliquis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aliquis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “alĭquis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 322 https://logeion.uchicago.edu/aliquis