numnam

Latin

Etymology

num +‎ nam

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.nam/, [ˈnʊnːä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.nam/, [ˈnumnäm]

Adverb

numnam (not comparable)

1. emphatic form of num (“a question particle usually expecting a negation”)

   Synonym: numne

References

• “numnam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “numnam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• numnam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.