Ramsey, Alvin, 96, of Hannaford, ND, Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 19 in Faith Lutheran Church, Hannaford, ND. (Quam-Plaisted-Cushman Funeral home, Cooperstown, ND) ...
Norman Stordahl Oct. 25, 1930 ~ Dec. 26, 2011 Marion, IA - 81, formerly of Finley, ND. Visitation: 2-2:30 pm, Monday, January 9, at Quam-Plaisted-Cushman Funeral Home ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. - Helen Sayer, 90, Cooperstown, died Thursday in Griggs County Care Center. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., Friday at Quam-Plaisted-Cushman Funeral ...
quisquam, quicquam is an indefinite pronoun formed by the addition of the indefinite suffix -quam to quis, quid. antequam or priusquam (conj.): before quamquam (conj.) although quam primum, as soon as possible umquam (adv.) ever What does -quam mean in those compound words? Are the meanings of -quam related to the meanings of quam? Thanks.
The first thing to understand is that quam ob rem is a fossilized prepositional phrase. The preposition ob takes an accusative object and means “on account of.” The object of ob is rem (accusative singular of res), which means “matter, issue, state of affairs.” Quam is a form of the pronominal adjective qui; it is accusative feminine singular because it modifies rem. Much like the ...
The quam is a conjunction, working with the comparative prius. Taken together, they are equivalent to the English conjunction "before." It's perhaps easier to see the meaning if we reorder the elements: Siciliam tibi navigandum est prius quam urbem condere poteris. Navigandum est is neuter singular because it is an impersonal gerundive (A&G 500). That is, navigandum is not a true passive ...