namque

Latin

Etymology

From nam + -que.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnan.kʷe/, [ˈnäŋkʷɛ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnan.kwe/, [ˈnäŋkwe]

Conjunction

namque

for
for indeed
since

Usage notes

This is an emphatic, strengthened form of nam.

References

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

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