Lemma 1aliquis
pronoun
Somebody or otherMorphology
neuter nominative singularali + quid · regular
neuter vocative singularali + quid · regular
neuter accusative singularali + quid · regular
Lewis & Short
ălĭquis, somebody or other, i.e. some person obscurely definite; Donald. Varron. p. 381 ] (fem. rare). — aliqui. — masc. aliques, analog. to ques, from quis, P. — and neutr. always aliqua. — and aliquibus. — Alicui, trisyl., indef. , some one, somebody, any one, something, any thing; in the, some, any (it is to an object definitely stated, as also to no one, nobody. The synn. quis, aliquis, and quidam designate an object not denoted by name; quis leaves not merely the object, but even its existence, uncertain; hence it is used in hypoth. and conditional clauses, with si, nisi, num, quando, ; aliquis, more emphatic than quis, denotes that an object really exists, but that nothing depends upon its individuality; no matter of what kind it may be, if it is only one, and not none; quidam indicates not merely the existence and individuality of an object, but that it is known as such to the speaker, only that he is not acquainted with, or does not choose to give, its more definite relations; Jahn ad, and the works there referred to).
: nam nos decebat domum Lugere, ubi esset aliquis in lucem editus, Enn. (as a transl. of Eurip. Cresph. Fragm. Stob. tit. 121, ); te donabo ego hodie aliqui (); so, gaudere aliqui me volo, in some thing (or some way): quisquis est ille, si modo est aliquis ( if only there is some one), qui, ; so, — Fem.
Not unfrequently with — Also with unus, to designate a single, but not otherwise defined person: (: id si ab uno justo et bono viro consequebantur, erant, ): sin aliquis excellit unus e multis; nam si natura non prohibet et esse virum bonum et esse dicendiperitum.
Partitive with ex, de, or the : succurret fortasse alicui vestrūm, Brut.
Aliquid ( or ), with of a or of a neutr, of second decl. instead of the aliqui, aliqua, aliquod, agreeing with such word — Very rarely in
Frequently, in Cic., with the kindred words aliquando, alicubi, aliquo, , for the sake of emphasis or rhetorical fulness: evadat saltem aliquid aliquā, quod conatus sum, Lucil.
In conditional clauses with si, nisi, quod si, : si aliquid (really any thing, in contrast with nihil) dandum est voluptati: quod si non possimus aliquid proficere suadendo, Lucc.
In negative clauses with ne.
In Plaut. and Ter. collect. with a verb (, Matth. 673): aperite atque Erotium aliquis evocate, open, some one (of you),
In Verg. once with the second person sing.!*? In the following passages, with the critical authority added, aliquis seems to stand for the aliqui, as nemo sometimes stands with a noun for the nullus: Fleck.; B. and K.: iid.: iid.: sin casus aliquis interpellārit, Matius iid.: Halm: : A similar use of aliquid for the aliquod was asserted to exist in Plaut. by Lind. ad, and this is repeated by Klotz, aliquis, but Lemaire's Index gives only one instance: ni occupo aliquid mihi consilium, where Brix now reads aliquod.
With alius, aliud: some or any other, something else, any thing else.
And with the idea of alius implied, in to a definite object or objects, some or any other, something else, any thing else: aut ture aut vino aut aliqui () semper supplicat: commentabar declamitans saepe cum M. Pisone et cum Q. Pompeio aut cum aliquo cotidie: (Tiberius) neque spectacula omnino edidit.
In a pregn. signif. as in , something considerable, important, or great = aliquid magnum supra. I. B. — Hence,
Esse aliquem or aliquid, to be somebody or something, i. e to be of some worth, value, or note, to be esteemed: si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliqu: quod te cum Culeone scribis de privilegio locutum, est aliquid (it is something, it is no trifle): est istuc quidem aliquid, sed,
Dicere aliquid, like, to say something worth the while; so, assequi aliquid, to effect something considerable.
In colloquial lang.: fiet aliquid, something important or great, will, may come to pass or happen: Ch. Invenietur, exquiretur, aliquid fiet. Eu. Enicas. Jam istuc aliquid fiet, metuo.
Ad aliquid esse, in gram. lang., to refer or relate to something else, pater, filius, frater, ( ad): Halm.
Atque aliquis, in imitation of, and thus some one; Web.
It is sometimes omitted before qui, in the phrase est qui, sunt qui: ( on the § 69: verum in his quoque confessionibus est aliquid. quod ex invidiā detrahi possit).
Aliquid, like nihil ( I. ), is used of persons: ( in , Hom. H. Ven. 34 Herm.). — Hence the advv.
ălĭquid ( denoting in what respect, with a verb or ; in ), somewhat, in something, in some degree, to some extent; Ellendt ad.
ălĭ-quō (from aliquoi, old denoting direction whither; eo, quo, alio, ).
Somewhither (arch.), to some place, somewhere; in the comic poets sometimes also with a added, which designates the place more definitely: (, in cellam aliquam concludere). — With a , like quo, ubi, : migrandum Rhodum aut aliquo terrarum, Brut.
With the idea of alio implied, = alio quo, somewhere else, to some other place ( aliquis, II. B.)
ălĭ-quam, ( fem.), = in aliquam partem, in some degree; only in connection with diu, multus, and plures.
Aliquam diu (B. and K.), or together aliquamdiu (Madv., Halm, Dietsch), awhile, for a while, for some time; also pregn., for some considerable time (most in the histt., Cæs. and Livy; also in Cic.).
Often followed by deinde, postea, postremo, tandem,
With donec, as a more definite limitation of time, some time. until, a considerable time. until.
, for a long distance; most of rivers — Of the Corycian cave in Cilicia.
Aliquam multi, or aliquammulti, somewhat many, considerable in number or quantity (mostly ): B. and K.: aliquammultos non comparuisse, * Hertz. — Also : aliquam multum, something much, to a considerable distance, considerably: dub. — And * aliquam plures, somewhat more, considerably more: dub.
ălĭquā, ( fem.).
Somewhere (like mod. somewhere for somewhither): aliquā evolare si posset, *.
to action, in some way or other, in some manner, = aliquo modo: evadere aliquā, Lucil. , and 4, 1, 19: aliquā nocere, *.
ălĭqui, ( = aliquo modo), in some way, somehow: (but in this and like cases, aliqui may be treated as the ; , I. A.); Hand, Turs. I. p. 242.!*? The forms aliqua, neutr. , and aliquam, , and aliquā, , used adverbially, may also be referred to the ălĭ-qui, ălĭqua, ălĭquod.