Confused about the use of quae as an interrogative word In the masculine, quis and quī are used in questions regardless of the presence of another noun with or without a copula, quis being preferred before vowels and quī before consonants: Nunc speculābōr quid ibī agātur, quis eāt intrō, quī forās veniāt ('Now I'll watch what's going on there, who goes in, who comes out ' Plautus
When can *quis* be used as an adjective interrogative pronoun? The interrogative pronouns quis and quī have me rather confused I understand that quis is generally substantive, while quī is generally adjective But Allen and Greenough (§148) indicate that quis is "very common as an adjective, especially with words denoting a person," and then they provide two examples: quis diēs fuit? what day was it
What does the Lorem Ipsum mean? - Latin Language Stack Exchange Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor Aenean massa Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem Nulla consequat massa quis enim Full text on loremipsum nl
Interrogative pronouns about animals (Quis aut quid) Small question about use of Quis, Quae, Quid? LLPSI Exercitium question Also the questions listed in this handout "Developing oral skills in Latin", from the website of the New York State Education Department, show usage of quid vs quis according to the meaning of the pronoun, not in agreement with the other noun in the sentence:
What is the etymology of cuius and is it different from quis? The dissimilation involved is relatively mandatory, I think Off-hand I can only think of one case where kʷu didn't immediately turn into ku and that's in equus (earlier equos), where it persisted through analogy with the oblique forms (and there's good evidence the actual pronunciation was often ekus regardless)
What is the relationship between cuius and quoius In most Latin grammars, cuius is introduced as the genitive of qui (relative pronoun) or quis (interrogative): Cuius soror es? — Whose sister are you? Marcus, cuius pater sum, miles est — Mark, whose father I am, is a soldier Plautus, however, uses quoius as an adjective predominantly (exclusively?): Quoiam vocem ego audio? (Curculio II i)
What is the difference for these words for which? the substantive interrogatives quis and quid; You use the relative pronoun when you are making a relative clause, e g Speculator, qui me amavit You can also use it adjectively, which is possible in English as well, but tends to sound stilted (Ania, quam speculatricem amavi) You use the interrogatives when asking a question
etymology - Quis? Ego! (Childs phrase) - English Language Usage . . . Quis? " " Ego! " shouts the youngest girl, an exceeding fatling of three years old (precociously imitating her brother's Latin, to his delight) " No, not you, my pet ; the stout, sturdy legs are not equal to a walk over these hills ; not yet, at least
When can qui mean how? - Latin Language Stack Exchange The paradigm of the interrogatives quī, quis is a bit odd in that it combines third-declension forms (quis, quem) and first- second-declension ones (quā, quō) This quī is originally a third-declension ablative form ("by means of what?"), but it got specialized in meaning to "how?", while the first- second-declension forms became the