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num, adv. [an acc. m., of which nam is the acc. f. ], an interrog. particle, usually implying that a negative answer is expected.I.In a direct interrogation (no corresp. term in English).(α).Num esse amicum suspicari visus est? Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 102; Ter. And. 2, 2, 29:(β).num igitur tot ducum naufragium sustulit artem gubernandi? aut num imperatorum scientia nihil est, quia, etc.,
Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:num exspectatis, dum L. Metellus testimonium dicat?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 122; id. Rep. 1, 11, 17:num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit?
id. ib. 1, 37, 58.—Followed by an, contmuing the inquiry:(γ).num furis, an prudens ludis me obscura canendo?
Hor. S. 2, 5, 58:num iratum timemus Jovem?... an ne turpiter faceret,
Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102.—Esp., with quis, quando ( = aliquis, aliquando):(δ).numquis hic est? nemo est,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 1:num quae trepidatio? num qui tumultus?
Cic. Deiot. 7, 20:num quando perditis civibus vexillum defuturum putatis?
id. Phil. 5, 11, 29.—Num quid (also numquid) vis? do you wish any thing further? is there any thing else? a very common form of leave-taking, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 44; 46; 3, 3, 15 et saep.; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 49 Don.; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6; 5, 2, 2; Liv. 6, 34, 7;(ε).for which, also: numquid me vis?
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 119; id. Mil. 2, 6, 92; and elliptically: numquid me? Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 6. —Numquid is also used adverbially; v. numquid.—(ζ).Joined to nam and ne numnam, numne, in anxious and surprised inquiry:II.eho numnam hic relictus custos?
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 55:numne vis me ire ad cenam?
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 65:deum ipsum numne vidisti?
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 88; id. Lael. 11, 36 (so B. and K., Halm. But Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 248, denies the Latinity of the form numne; cf. Hand, Turs. 4, 79; and, contra, Rib. Lat. Part. p. 13).—In an indirect interrogation, whether:quaero, num aliter ac nunc eveniunt, evenirent?
Cic. Fat. 3, 6:videte, num dubitandum vobis sit, omni studio ad id bellum incumbere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:jusserunt speculari, num sollicitati animi sociorum essent,
Liv. 42, 19:exsistit hoc loco quaedam quaestio subdifficilis: num quando amici novi, digni amicitiā veteribus sint anteponendi,
Cic. Lael. 19, 67; so,num quando,
id. Phil. 5, 11, 29; id. Vatin. 6, 17:num quis,
id. Att. 13, 8; id. Clu. 38, 105; id. Off. 1, 3, 7:videamus ergo, num expositio haec longior demum esse debeat,
whether this explanation should not be a little longer still, Quint. 4, 2, 79:consultus, num et... vellet,
whether he did not also wish, Suet. Aug. 18.
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