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|lshtext=<b>num</b>: adv. an acc. m., of [[which]] nam is the acc. f., an interrog. [[particle]], [[usually]] implying [[that]] a [[negative]] [[answer]] is [[expected]].<br /><b>I</b> In a [[direct]] [[interrogation]] (no corresp. [[term]] in English).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Num esse amicum suspicari [[visus]] est? Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 102; Ter. And. 2, 2, 29: 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Followed by an, contmuing the [[inquiry]]: 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., [[with]] [[quis]], [[quando]] ( = [[aliquis]], [[aliquando]]): [[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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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; 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. —（ε) Numquid is also used adverbially; v. [[numquid]].—（ζ) Joined to nam and ne [[numnam]], numne, in [[anxious]] and surprised [[inquiry]]: 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).—<br /><b>II</b> 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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