I.gen. is not in use), pron. interr. adj. [ec, cf. ecce, and qui], Is there any one who? Any? in impassioned interrogation, i. q. num qui, quae (qua) quod.
I. Prop. (with a subst.; class.): “ecqui pudor est? ecquae religio, Verres? ecqui metus?” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; cf. id. Sest. 52.—In the fem.: “ecquae,” Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 1; id. Stich. 2, 2, 42; Cic. Ac. 2, 26 fin.; id. Att. 8, 12, 4; Ov. H. 16, 341; “but: ecqua,” Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 83; id. Men. 1, 2, 86; id. Mil. 3, 1, 199; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24 fin.; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; id. Inv. 2, 12 fin. (thrice); Verg. A. 3, 341 al.: “rus Sunii ecquod haberem,” Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 13; so, “ecquod,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57; id. Inv. 2, 12 fin.; Liv. 1, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 3 al.: “ecquem trapezitam,” Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 62; so, “ecquem,” id. Poen. 5, 2, 84; id. Rud. 1, 2, 37; 2, 2, 7 al.; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 6; cf. “ecquam,” Plaut. Epid. 3, 4, 5; id. Mil. 3, 1, 187; id. Merc. 2, 3, 56 al.: “ecquas,” id. Ps. 1, 5, 69: “ecqui silices,” Ov. P. 4, 10, 3.—With suffixed nam: “Ecquaenam origo,” Lucr. 5, 1211: “accessio,” Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67: “ecquodnam curriculum,” id. Brut. 6, 22: “ecquonam modo, ecquonam loco,” id. Part. 14.—*
