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Meaning of ecqui | Babel Free

Article feminine CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. any
    determiner, interrogative, pronoun
  2. anyone, anything
    interrogative, pronoun

Examples

“Ecquas viginti minas”

And you are making ready to get eighty pounds out of me?

“Ubi is obiit mortem qui mihi id aurum credidit, coepi observare, ecqui maiorem filius”

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“Ecqui pudor est, ecquae religio, Verres, ecqui metus?”

Do you have any modesty, any scruples, Verres, any fear?

“Cum quod scriberem plane nihil haberem, haec autem reliqua essent quae scire cuperem, profectusne esset, quo in statu urbem reliquisset, in ipsa Italia quem cuique regioni aut negotio praefecisset, ecqui essent ad Pompeium et ad consules ex senatus consulto de pace legati, cum igitur haec scire ⟨cupere⟩m dedita opera has ad te litteras misi.”

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“Primum hoc quaero, ecqui tandem locus usquam sit quem non possint xviri dicere publicum populi Romani esse factum.”

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“si quae tum promulgasti constituisti promisisti vendidisti perferre potuisses, ecqui locus orbi terrarum vacuus extraordinariis fascibus atque imperio Clodiano fuisset?”

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“Ecquae seditio umquam fuit in qua non ille princeps? Ecqui seditiosus cui ille non familiaris? Ecquae turbulenta contio cuius ille non concitator?”

1958 translation by R. Gardner Was there ever any riot in which he was not the leader? any rioter with whom he was not intimate? any disorderly meeting where he was not the ringleader?

“ecquos tu silices, ecquod, carissime, ferrum”

Can you compare any flint, Albinovanus, any iron to my endurance?

“Qui cena poscit? Ecqui poscit prandio?”

1952 translation by Paul Nixon Who offers a dinner? (silence) Anyone offer a lunch? (more silence)

“"In consilio" inquit "arbitror me fuisse consulibus, Capua capta cum quaereretur ecqui Campanorum bene meritus de re publica nostra esset.”

1943 translation by Frank Gardner Moore "I testify," he said, "that I was one of the advisers to the consuls when, after the capture of Capua, the question was raised whether there was anyone of the Campanians who had deserved well of our republic.

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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