numquam

== Latin == === Alternative forms === nunquam numqua (Late Latin, proscribed) === Etymology === From ne + umquam. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnʊŋ.kʷãː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnum.kʷam] === Adverb === numquam (not comparable) never, at no time Ōlla observāta numquam fervet ― A watched pot never boils not at all, by no means ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “never”): semper ==== Derived terms ==== nōnnumquam ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “numquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nŭmquam”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 241 === Further reading === “numquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers numquam in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “numquam”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.