some (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. ălĭqui, ălĭqua, ălĭquod (the forms aliquis and aliquid for the most part being used substantively2. ălĭquipiam, ălĭquăpiam, ălĭquodpiam (rare)3. quispiam., quaepiam, quodpiam (similar to quis, but capable of taking a more independent and emphatic position4. nonnullus (= considerable, sing., or several, plur.)5. ălĭquŏt (a few, indecl., and only used with plur. subs.)6. quīdam, quaedam, quoddam (of a certain person or thing, which one cannot or may not mention by name)7. nescio quis (rare as adj.) • some (adj.): 1. ălĭqui, ălĭqua, ălĭquod (the forms aliquis and aliquid for the most part being used substantively: aliqui, etc., is always emphatic and opposed either expressly or impliedly to such words as all, much, none, etc.): from this people is chosen s. leader or other, ex hoc populo deligitur aliqui dux., Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68: s. war or other, aliquod bellum, Caes.: see also any (2). Sometimes for aliqui, aliquis is used: e. g., in whose way some hardship or other has been put, quibus est aliquis objectus labos, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6: cf. gravis aliquis casus, Cic. Am. 22, 84. [N.B.--With numerals, aliqui, as Gr. τις, expresses an indefinite number, and is = about: s. (or about) twenty days, aliquos viginti dies, Pl. Men. 5, 5, 47: s. five leaves, aliqua folia quinque, Cato R. R. 156, ad init.: v. about (B.)] 2. ălĭquipiam, ălĭquăpiam, ălĭquodpiam (rare): even if he should be driven out of this city by s. force, etiamsi aliquapiam vi expelleretur ex hac urbe, Cic. Sest. 29, 63. 3. quispiam., quaepiam, quodpiam (similar to quis, but capable of taking a more independent and emphatic position: usu. with si): what if s. deity hath willed this? quid si hoc voluit quispiam Deus? Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 36. 4. nonnullus (= considerable, sing., or several, plur.): s. (= considerable) risk, n. periculum, Plaut.: s. (= several) cohorts, n. cohortes, Caes. 5. ălĭquŏt (a few, indecl., and only used with plur. subs.): s. letters, aliquot epistolae, Cic.: from s. causes, a. de causis, Caes.: s. years before, a. ante annos, Suet. 6. quīdam, quaedam, quoddam (of a certain person or thing, which one cannot or may not mention by name): s. (= a certain) Gaul, quidam Gallus, Caes.: s. (= certain) subjects of debate, quaedam quaestiones, Cic.: hence occasionally found joined with certus, esp. in Cic. (v. certain). 7. nescio quis (rare as adj.): v. some (subs. 7): s. eye or other bewitches my tender lambs, nescio quis teneros oculus mihi fascinat agnos (alluding to the supposed power of an evil eye), Virg. E. 3, 103. Phr.: in s. degree, to s. extent, aliquantum, Cic.: aliquatenus, Sen.: Quint.: in s. respect, aliquid (v. somewhat): for s. time (indefinite), aliquamdiu, Cic.: aliquantisper, Plaut.: Ter.: for s. (short) time, paulisper: s. time before, aliquanto ante, Cic.: after s. time, post aliquanto, id.: at s. time or other (past or present), aliquando: to stand you in s. stead, in rem tuam esse, Plaut.: with s. (good) reason, non sine causa, Cic.: s. days before, superioribus diebus, Caes. B. G. 7, 58: it is s. comfort to me, nonnihil me consolatur, Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2: s. progress has been made, considering the very unhappy position we are in, nonnihil, ut in tantis malis, est profectum, ib. 12, 2, 2. [N.B.--Some may occasionally be rendered (1.) by a diminutive subs.: e. g., s. (little) solace, solatiolum, Cat.: (2.) by a double negative construction: e. g., with s. (considerable) skill, non incallide, Cic.]