ever Copy link Outline I. At any time1. unquam (after negative, hypothetical and comparative words2. quando (after si, num = unquam), ecquando (interrog.)3. ălĭquando (on any occasionII. Of unlimited degreeIII. At all times • ever: I. At any time: 1. unquam (after negative, hypothetical and comparative words: also in rhetorical questions): no mortal has e. been able to attain, nemo u. mortalis potuit assequi, Cic.: if e., si unquam, Ter.: Cic.: ah, shall I ever behold thee, en, u. te aspiciam? Pl.: Liv.: to outshine all who e. handled oratory, praestare reliquis omnibus qui u. attigerunt orationes, Cic.: greater than e., major quam u., Quint.: more than e., magis quam u. alias, Liv. 2. quando (after si, num = unquam), ecquando (interrog.): (the question) whether new friends are e. to be preferred to old, num q. amici novi veteribus sint anteponendi, Cic.: if at any time, si q., Cic.; si q. unquam (stronger and more general, Liv.). Ecquando is chiefly used in impassioned questions: shall we e. be at liberty to enjoy this as our common country, e. communem hanc esse patriam licebit? Liv. 3. ălĭquando (on any occasion: more definite than quando): but if e. at any time, quodsi aliquando, Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 20: if e. any thing of the kind should chance to arise, si quid hujus simile forte aliquando evenerit, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 40. Phr.: e. and anon, identidem, Cic.: Phaedr. II. Of unlimited degree: as, e. so great, quantus quantus, quantuscunque, quantusvis: v. however. III. At all times: semper, usque (rare and chiefly poet.): v. always, still. Phr.: for e. (in) aeternum: he sits and for e. shall sit, sedet aeternumque sedebit, Virg. A. 6, 617: farewell for e.-more, aeternum vale, Virg. Aen. 11, 98; in aevum, Hor. Od. 4, 14, 3; in saecula, Vulg. Rom. i. 25.