Latin verb
inquam
inquam, inquit (defective)
inquam is a Latin verb. In the 4 analysed lines it was read in, it means “he said” (3 times) and “he says” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from inquam to the words it goes with.
“Cur,” inquit, “turbulentam fecisti mihi aquam bibenti?”
“Why,” he said, “did you make the water turbulent for me while I was drinking?”
inquit: the main verb of the sentence.
“Pater meus,” inquit, “Hamilcar puerulo me, utpote non amplius novem annos nato, in Hispaniam imperator proficiscens Karthagine Iovi optimo maximo hostias immolavit.
"My father," he said, "Hamilcar, when I was a mere boy, being no more than nine years old, upon setting out for Spain as commander, sacrificed victims at Carthage to Jupiter Optimus Maximus."
inquit: the main verb of the sentence.
“Pater hercle tuus,” ille inquit, “male dixit mihi.”
“By Hercules, your father,” that man said, “spoke ill to me.”
inquit: the main verb of the sentence.
Id cum libenter accepissem atque ab eo petere coepissem ne dubitaret ducere, tum ille ‘Faciam,’ inquit, ‘si mihi fidem quam postulo dederis.’
When I had gladly accepted that and had begun to beg it from him that he should not hesitate to lead, then he said, “I will do it, if you give me the trust that I ask for.”
inquit: stands beside accepissem.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| inquit | 3rd person · Singular · Present · Indicative · Active | 3 |
| inquit | 1st person · Singular · Present · Indicative · Active | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to inquam by an arc in these lines, most often first.