some (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. ălĭquis, ălĭquid, plur. ălĭqui (fem. sing., and fem. and neutr. plur. not used, for the forms ălĭquae, ălĭqua, properly belong to ălĭqui)2. nonnulli3. quīdam, quaedam, quiddam4. nonnēmo (sing. = several)5. quispiam, quaepiam, quidpiam or quippiam (almost = aliquis)6. ălĭquot (rarely as subs.)7. nescio quis (implying uncertainty8. sunt qui (the verb usu. plur. and in pres., with an indefinite and freq. without any expressed subject, but with a relative clause which either defines or takes the place of the subject9. ălius ... ălius (some ... others) • some (subs.): some one or somebody, something: 1. ălĭquis, ălĭquid, plur. ălĭqui (fem. sing., and fem. and neutr. plur. not used, for the forms ălĭquae, ălĭqua, properly belong to ălĭqui): it is no fault of yours, if s. have feared you, non tua culpa est, si te aliqui timuerunt, Cic. Marcell. 6, 20, fin. N.B.--In Plaut. and Ter. aliquis is used, like τις in Gr., with a plur. verb: open the door s.body immediately, aperite aliquis actutum ostium, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26: cf. Pl. Men. 4, 2, 111: in Virg. once with 2 pers. sing. (exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor, Aen. 4, 625): and even the simple quis is simly. used with plur. verb in Pl. Ps. 5, 1, 37 (Simoni me adesse, quis nuntiate). Join: with unus (to denote a single but indefinite person): name s. one or other, unum aliquem nominate, Cic. Clu. 66, 185: with alius: to promise s.thing else, aliquid aliud promittere, Petr.: with adj.: to attempt s.thing great, aliquid magnum invadere, Virg. Aen. 9, 184: with ex, de, or gen. (in partitive sense): s. one of you, aliquis ex vobis, Cic.: s. one of us three, a. de tribus nobis, id.: s. one of their own party, suorum a., id. Hence aliquid with gen. of subs. or adj. is used for the adj. aliqui: e. g., aliquid pugnae (= aliqua pugna), Pl. Capt. 3, 4, 52: aliquid monstri (= aliquod monstrum), Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 15: aliquid virium (= aliquae vires), Cic. Fam. 11, 18, 3: aliquid indefensi (= aliquod indefensum), Liv. 26, 5, ad med. Phr.: to be s.body or s.thing (= of some worth or note), esse aliquis or aliquid: if you would be s.body (in the world), si vis esse aliquid (so the best MSS. for aliquis: Cicero however uses both sum aliquis and sum aliquid in this sense), Juv. S. 1, 74: you would have me be s.body, me velis esse aliquem, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 8: believing himself (to be) s.body, sese aliquem credens, Pers. S. 1, 129: cf. aliquem se putare, Sen.: what you say is, I grant, s.thing, but it by no means includes the whole, est istuc quidem aliquid, sed nequaquam in isto sunt omnia, Cic. Sen. 3, 8: it is s.thing to have been the wife of Jupiter, est aliquid nupsisse Jovi, Ov. F. 6, 27: to say s. (of importance, to the point: Gr. λέγειν τι), Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: to relate to s. (in gramm.), ad aliquid esse, Quint. 2. nonnulli: s. imagined these stories to have been trumped up, nonnulli haec ficta existimabant, Sall. C. 22: cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 26, med. [For nonnullus, adj., v. some, adj. (4).] 3. quīdam, quaedam, quiddam: s. one (= a certain one) of the soldiers, quidam ex militibus, Caes.: s. (= certain) of them made their way to the Nervii, quidam ex his ad Nervios pervenerunt, id. With gen.: s. (= certain) good men were slain, quidam bonorum caesi, Tac. A. 1, 49. Also neutr. sing. as subs.: s.thing divine, quiddam divinum, Cic.: so quiddam mali (= quoddam malum), id. Leg. 3, 10, 23. Also quidam ... alii (like alii ... alii), some ... others: s. retired from the city, others committed suicide, excesserunt urbe quidam, alii mortem sibi consciverunt, Liv. 45, 10, extr. [For quidam, adj., v. some, adj. (6).] 4. nonnēmo (sing. = several): in the senate-house even there are s. enemies, in ipsa curia nonnemo hostis est, Cic. Mur. 39, 84: but in id. Cat. 4, 5, 10, it is = quidam: I see that s. one (= a certain person) is absent, video abesse nonneminem. 5. quispiam, quaepiam, quidpiam or quippiam (almost = aliquis): s. one of those, quispiam ex iis, Gell. 2, 21, med.: to bring forward to s. people, proferre ad quospiam, Appul. Flor. Often in anticipating objections: e. g., perhaps s. one will say, fortasse dixerit quispiam, Cic. Sen. 3, 8. [For quispiam, adj., v. some, adj. (3).] 6. ălĭquot (rarely as subs.): s. (= a few) had paid me a visit, a. me adierant, Ter. Andr. 3, 3, 2. [For aliquot, adj., v. some, adj. (5).] 7. nescio quis (implying uncertainty: somebody, some one or other, I know not who: v. L. G. § 626): s. one or other is speaking here close to me, prope me hic nescio quis loquitur, Pl. Pers. 1, 3, 19: my mind certainly forebodes s.-thing ill, nescio quid profecto mihi animus praesagit mali, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 7. Also in affected ignorance, denoting insignificance or meanness: s. pleader fellow, causidicum nescio quem, Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202: by the complaints of s. Paconius, whoever he may be, Paconii nescio cujus querelis, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, 19. [For nescio quis used adjectively, v. some, adj. (7).] 8. sunt qui (the verb usu. plur. and in pres., with an indefinite and freq. without any expressed subject, but with a relative clause which either defines or takes the place of the subject: lit.: there are those people or things, who or that, etc.: when the rel. clause states a fact, the indic. is used; when a mere conception, contingency or uncertainty, the subj. is employed: cf. Gr. ἔστιν οἵ, etc.): s. have not the courage to say what they feel, sunt qui quod sentiunt non audent dicere, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84: to s. I seem to be too bitter in satire, sunt quibus in satira videor nimis acer, Hor. S. 2, 1, 1: cf. sunt quos curriculo pulverem Olympicum collegisse juvat, id. Od. 1, 1, 3: there are s. who think death to be the departure of the mind from the body, sunt qui discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18. Simly. sunt quidam qui is used. 9. ălius ... ălius (some ... others): they brought forward, s. purple, others incense, others precious stones, alii purpuram, tus alii, gemmas alii, Cic. Verr. 5, 56, 146. Also alius repeated in a different case, or alius with an adverb in the second place: e. g., living s. in one way, others in another, alius alio more viventes, Sall. C. 6: the cavalry slipped off, s. by one route, others by another, equites alii alia dilapsi sunt, Liv. 44, 43: s. are exposed to danger from one quarter, others from another, aliis aliunde est periculum, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 19. For other constructions, v. other, another (1). Phr.: as often as you shall have s. one to send a letter by, quoties habebis cui des literas, Cic. Att. 11, 13, 5: there will every day be s. one to send by, *erit quotidie per quem mittas (Ainsw.): I will forego s. of my right, *paulum de jure meo discedam (Ainsw.): there is s.thing in it, non s. haud temere est, freq. in Plaut. and Ter.: cf. non hoc de nihilo est, Ter., and non de nihilo, Liv.: I will be s.thing or nothing, ego ero aut Caesar aut nullus: I must talk of s.thing else, oratio alio demutanda est mea, Pl. Mil. 4, 7, 8.