See numquam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Balkan Romance:"
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"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
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"text": "Old French: nonque (St. Eulalia)"
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"text": "Occitano-Romance:"
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"text": "Old Occitan: nonca, noca"
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"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
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"1": "an",
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},
"expansion": "Aragonese: nunca",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Aragonese: nunca"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "nunca",
"3": "ñunca"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: nunca, ñunca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: nunca, ñunca"
},
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"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "mwl",
"2": "nunca"
},
"expansion": "Mirandese: nunca",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Mirandese: nunca"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "nunca"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: nunca",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: nunca"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "nunca"
},
"expansion": "Galician: nunca",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Galician: nunca"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "nunca"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: nunca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: nunca"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "nunqua",
"3": "nunquas",
"4": "nunca"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: nunqua, nunquas, nunca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: nunqua, nunquas, nunca"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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{
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"2": "nunca"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: nunca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: nunca"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
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"1": "ia",
"2": "nunquam",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Interlingua: nunquam",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Interlingua: nunquam"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ne + umquam.",
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"form": ": Ōlla observāta numquam fervet A watched pot never boils}",
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"canonical"
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"alternative"
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"proscribed"
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"pos": "adv",
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"word": "num"
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"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "96 4",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"english": "You never say \"hey\", but you always return the greeting, Naevolus",
"ref": "86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata III.95",
"text": "Numquam dicis have, sed reddis, Naevole, semper"
}
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"never, at no time"
],
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[
"never",
"never"
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[
"at",
"at"
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[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"time",
"time"
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"not at all, by no means"
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"not at all"
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{
"ipa": "[ˈnum.kʷam]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
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"word": "semper"
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"Latin adverbs",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin frequency adverbs",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with quotations",
"Latin uncomparable adverbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"text": "Balkan Romance:"
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"depth": 2,
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"text": "Old French: nonque (St. Eulalia)"
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Occitano-Romance:"
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"depth": 2,
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"1": "ca",
"2": "nunca"
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"expansion": "Catalan: nunca",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Catalan: nunca"
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{
"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "pro",
"2": "nonca",
"3": "noca"
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"expansion": "Old Occitan: nonca, noca",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Old Occitan: nonca, noca"
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "nunca"
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"expansion": "Aragonese: nunca",
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},
{
"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "nunca",
"3": "ñunca"
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"expansion": "Asturian: nunca, ñunca",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Asturian: nunca, ñunca"
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "mwl",
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"text": "Mirandese: nunca"
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "nunca"
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"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: nunca",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: nunca"
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"depth": 3,
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"args": {
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"name": "desc"
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{
"depth": 3,
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "nunca"
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"expansion": "Portuguese: nunca",
"name": "desc"
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},
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"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "nunqua",
"3": "nunquas",
"4": "nunca"
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"name": "desc"
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "nunca"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: nunca",
"name": "desc"
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
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"depth": 2,
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"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Interlingua: nunquam"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ne + umquam.",
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"form": ": Ōlla observāta numquam fervet A watched pot never boils}",
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"form": "nunquam",
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"english": "You never say \"hey\", but you always return the greeting, Naevolus",
"ref": "86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata III.95",
"text": "Numquam dicis have, sed reddis, Naevole, semper"
}
],
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"never, at no time"
],
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"never",
"never"
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[
"at",
"at"
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"no",
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"glosses": [
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],
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"not at all"
]
]
}
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}
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"section": "Latin",
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