namque

Latin

Etymology

From nam + -que.

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

namque

1. for
2. for indeed
3. 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.