Latin
Etymology 1
From quā + -cumque.
Adverb
quācumque (not comparable)
- wherever, wheresoever
- Synonyms: ubique, passim
- by whatsoever means
Latin correlatives
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| type |
demonstrative |
anaphoric |
identity
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interrogative |
indefinite |
negative |
other
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| proximal |
medial |
distal
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indefinite |
irrelative / emphatic |
relative |
indefinite |
free choice |
universal |
negative polarity
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| basic
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hic |
iste, istic |
ille, illic |
is |
ipse, īdem
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ecquis, ecqui, ecquisnam, ecquinam |
quisnam, quinam |
quis/quī |
quisquis, quīcumque |
quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam |
quīvis, quīlibet |
quisque |
quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam |
nēmō, nihil, nūllus |
alius
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| dual
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uternam |
uter |
utercumque |
alteruter |
utervīs, uterlibet |
uterque |
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neuter |
alter
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| place
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hīc |
istīc |
illīc |
ibī̆ |
ibī̆dem
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ubinam |
ubī̆ |
ubiubi, ubī̆cumque |
alicubī, uspiam |
ubivīs, ubilibet |
ubīque |
usquam |
nusquam, nūllibī |
alibī, aliās
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| source
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hinc |
istinc |
illinc |
inde |
indidem
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unde |
undecumque, undeunde |
alicunde |
°undelibet |
undique |
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aliunde
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| destination
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hūc, °hōrsum |
istūc, °istōrsum |
illūc, °illōrsum |
eō |
eōdem
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ecquo |
quonam |
quō, quōrsum |
quōquō, quōcumque |
aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum |
quōvīs, quōlibet |
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quōquam |
nusquam, nūllōrsum |
aliō, aliōrsum
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method,
means,
path,
place
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hāc |
istāc |
illāc |
eā |
eādem
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ecqua |
quanam |
quā |
quāquā, quācumque |
aliquā |
quāvīs, quālibet |
quāque |
°quāquam |
nēquāquam, haudquāquam |
aliā
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| manner
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hōc modō |
istō modō |
illō modō |
ita, sīc,
eō modō |
item, itidem
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utinam |
ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum |
utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque |
quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō |
quōmodolibet |
utīque |
utiquam, ūllō modō |
neutiquam, nūllō modō |
aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
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| time
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†num, nunc |
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ōlim |
tum, tunc |
simul
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ecquando |
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quandō, ‡cum |
cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque |
quondam, aliquandō |
quandōlibet |
quandōque |
umquam |
numquam |
aliās
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| quantity
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†nam |
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tam |
†tamen, †tandem
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quam |
†quamquam, quamcumque |
aliquam |
quamvīs, quamlibet |
quamque |
†quamquam |
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| size
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tantus |
tantusdem
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quantus |
quantusquantus quantuscumque |
aliquantus |
quantusvīs, quantuslibet |
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| size (smallness)
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tantulus |
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quantulus, quantillus |
quantuluscumque |
aliquantulus |
quantuluslibet |
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| quality
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tālis |
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ecqualis |
qualisnam |
quālis |
quālis, quāliscumque |
aliquālis |
quālislibet |
qualisque |
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nihili |
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| number
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tot |
totidem
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quotnam |
quot |
quotquot, quotcumque |
aliquot |
quotlibet |
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| order/fractional
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totus |
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quotus |
quotuscumque |
aliquotus |
quotuslibet |
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| repetition
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totiēns |
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quotiēns |
quotiēnscumque |
aliquotiēns |
quotiēnslibet |
quotiensque |
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| time (continuous)
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tamdiu |
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quamdiu |
quamdiucumque |
aliquamdiu |
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quamque diu |
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| multiplication
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totuplex |
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quotuplex |
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| proportion
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quotuplus |
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| distributive
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quotēnus |
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† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative
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References
- “quacumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quacumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quacumque”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
quācumque
- ablative feminine singular of quīcumque