atque

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ac (esp. before consonants) adque (about as common as the form with -t-) === Etymology === Perhaps from Proto-Italic *at-kʷe or Proto-Italic *ad-kʷe. The term may be cognate with Umbrian 𐌀𐌐𐌄 (ape), although De Vaan considers this uncertain due to the different meanings of the terms. Alternatively, may be from ad (“to”) + -que (“and”) or from at (“yet, whereas”) + -que (“and”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈat.kʷɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈat.kʷe] === Conjunction === atque and, and also, and besides, and too, and even, and in fact yet, nevertheless (after words expressing comparison) as, than Synonym: quam ==== Usage notes ==== Although there is much variation in manuscript spellings, atque is usually found in front of words beginning with a vowel or h while ac is more common before consonants. ==== Descendants ==== (Note: see ac.) === References === “atque, ac” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present === Further reading === “atque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “atque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “atque”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. atque in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 59