“Who is to guard the guards themselves?” asked the poet Juvenal, or in his famous original Latin, Quis custodiet ipsos Custodes. One foremost guard ought to be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one Rowan ...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal, which is literally translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves? I first came across the saying in Dan Brown's ...
9 The interrogative pronouns quis and quī have me rather confused. I understand that quis is generally substantive, while quī is generally adjective. But Allen and Greenough (§148) indicate that quis is "very common as an adjective, especially with words denoting a person," and then they provide two examples: quis diēs fuit? what day was it?
If I want to ask the question about the dog, whose name is Cerberus should I ask Quis est Cerberus? or Quid est Cerberus? Do we use quis or quae (according to gender) about animals or quid? Wha...
I definitely remember that one usually says: si quis veniret … and not: si aliquis veniret. But the recent question about quo quisque est sollertior and similar forms brought the following rule from
When is quis used instead of aliquis? - Latin Language Stack Exchange
Quis is used as the interrogative pronoun for both masculine and feminine singular. You can use relatives as interrogative adjectives, but that doesn't seem to be what you're asking about.
In British private schools children shout "Quis?" and the person to shout "Ego!" in reply first gets whatever was on offer. The Latin derivation is clear but I have two questions. First, when did ...