numquid

== Latin == === Alternative forms === nunquid numquit (Late Latin, prescriptive) nimquit (Late Latin, proscribed) === Etymology === Univerbation of num (“whether, if”) +‎ quid (“something”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnʊŋ.kʷɪd] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnum.kʷid] === Adverb === numquid (not comparable) is it possible? surely not? === Further reading === “numquid”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “numquid”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “numquid”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.