Latin indefinite pronouns

Latin builds most of its indefinite pronouns on the interrogative quis: quidam, with the suffix -dam, for a referent the speaker has in mind; aliquis, with the prefix ali-, for one the speaker cannot identify, for irrealis non-specific reference and in questions and conditionals; quisquam, with -quam, in the negative-polarity functions short of direct negation; and quivis, with -vis 'you want' (and quilibet, with -libet 'it pleases'), for free choice. The negative series, nemo 'nobody' from ne and homo 'man', is built on generic nouns and confined to direct negation. In questions and conditionals the bare interrogative is commoner than aliquis where it can lean on si or num. The members are those of Haspelmath's table, in their usual spelling where he hyphenates (ali-quis); his dual determiners (neuter, utervis) are determiners here, and the -dam series is the one his note to the table lists.

References

• [Has97]

def Latin.Indefinites.quidam : IndefinitePronoun

quidam 'somebody', the suffix -dam on the interrogative.

Equations

• Latin.Indefinites.quidam = { form := "quidam", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.person }

def Latin.Indefinites.aliquis : IndefinitePronoun

aliquis, the prefix ali- on the interrogative.

Equations

• Latin.Indefinites.aliquis = { form := "aliquis", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.person }

def Latin.Indefinites.quisquam : IndefinitePronoun

quisquam, the suffix -quam on the interrogative.

Equations

• Latin.Indefinites.quisquam = { form := "quisquam", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.person }

def Latin.Indefinites.nemo : IndefinitePronoun

nemo 'nobody', the negator on a generic noun.

Equations

• Latin.Indefinites.nemo = { form := "nemo", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.person }

def Latin.Indefinites.quivis : IndefinitePronoun

quivis, the interrogative with -vis 'you want'.

Equations

• Latin.Indefinites.quivis = { form := "quivis", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.person }

The series

def Latin.Indefinites.damSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The -dam series of quidam 'somebody', quiddam 'something' and the determiner quidam 'a certain'.

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def Latin.Indefinites.aliSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The ali- series.

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def Latin.Indefinites.quamSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The -quam series.

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def Latin.Indefinites.nSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The negative series.

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def Latin.Indefinites.visSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The -vis series.

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