When an indefinite pronoun is found in a Latin conditional clause, it is quis in most cases, but in some cases it can also be aliquis or even quidam. This investigation tries to explain both the usual case represented by quis and the exceptional cases, represented by aliquis. Furthermore, negative conditional clauses present unexpected phenomena like the low number of occurrences of quis and the absence of quisquam in nisi clauses.

Indefinite pronouns in conditional clauses

MARALDI, MIRKA;BERTOCCHI, ALESSANDRA
2005

Abstract

When an indefinite pronoun is found in a Latin conditional clause, it is quis in most cases, but in some cases it can also be aliquis or even quidam. This investigation tries to explain both the usual case represented by quis and the exceptional cases, represented by aliquis. Furthermore, negative conditional clauses present unexpected phenomena like the low number of occurrences of quis and the absence of quisquam in nisi clauses.
2005
Latina lingua!: nemo te lacrimis decoret neque funera fletu faxit, Cur? Volitas viva per ora virum. Proceedings of the twelfth International colloquium on Latin linguistics, a cura di Gualtiero Calboli, Roma, Herder, 2005 (“Papers on grammar. Monographs”), 2 v., 508 p. + 469 p., ISBN 88-89670-00-2
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M. Maraldi; A. Bertocchi
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