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ecqui, Direct, Is there any? Any?

ecqui, ecquae, or ecqua (cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25, and v. aliqui), ecquod (gen. is not in use), pron. interr. adj. [ec, cf. ecce, and qui], Is there any one who? Any? in impassioned interrogation, i. q. num qui, quae (qua) quod.
  • I Prop. (with a subst.; class.): ecqui pudor est? ecquae religio, Verres? ecqui metus? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; cf. id. Sest. 52.—In the fem.: ecquae, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 1 (235); id. Stich. 2, 2, 42 (366); Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 26 fin.; id. Att. 8, 12, 4; Ov. H. 16, 341; but: ecqua, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 83 (772); id. Men. 1, 2, 86 (195); id. Mil. 3, 1, 199 (794); Ter. Eun. 521; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24 fin.; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; id. Inv. 2, 12 fin. (thrice); Verg. A. 3, 341 al.: rus Sunii ecquod haberem, Ter. Eun. 519; so, ecquod, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57; id. Inv. 2, 12 fin.; Liv. 1, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 3 al.: ecquem trapezitam, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 62 (341); so, ecquem, id. Poen. 5, 2, 84 (1044); id. Rud. 1, 2, 37 (125); 2, 2, 7 (312) al.; Ter. Hec. 804; cf. ecquam, Plaut. Epid. 3, 4, 5 (441); id. Mil. 3, 1, 187 (782); id. Merc. 2, 3, 56 (390) al.: ecquas, id. Ps. 1, 5, 69 (483): ecqui silices, Ov. P. 4, 10, 3.—With suffixed nam: Ecquaenam origo, Lucr. 5, 1211: accessio, Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67: ecquodnam curriculum, id. Brut. 6, 22: ecquonam modo, ecquonam loco, id. Part. 14.—*
  • II Without a subst.: quis cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio? Does any one bid a breakfast? Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 69 (223).
ecqui, adv.; see the foll. art. II. B.

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