quemadmodum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • quem ad modum

Etymology

Univerbation of quī (“what”) +‎ ad (“according to”) +‎ modus (“manner, way”), showing a type of fronting also known as the magnā cum laude-construction.

Pronunciation

Adverb

quemadmodum (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) how, in what manner
  2. (relative) as, just as, as when
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.11:
      Haec tamen praeceptī meī summa est: sīc cum īnferiōre vīvās quemadmodum tēcum superiōrem velīs vīvere.
      However, this is the sum of my advice: you should live with an inferior just as you would wish a superior to live with you.
  3. (relative) for instance

Synonyms

Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal indefinite irrelative / emphatic relative indefinite free choice universal negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem 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
dual uternam uter utercumque alteruter utervīs, uterlibet uterque neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubinam ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubivīs, ubilibet ubīque usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde °undelibet undique aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem ecquo quonam quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem ecqua quanam quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāvīs, quālibet quāque °quāquam nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem 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
time †num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul ecquando quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōlibet quandōque umquam numquam aliās
quantity †nam tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam, quamcumque aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet quamque †quamquam
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantusquantus quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
size (smallness) tantulus quantulus, quantillus quantuluscumque aliquantulus quantuluslibet
quality tālis ecqualis qualisnam quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet qualisque nihili
number tot totidem quotnam quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order/fractional totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet quotiensque
time (continuous) tamdiu quamdiu quamdiucumque aliquamdiu quamque diu
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
proportion quotuplus
distributive quotēnus
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

References

  • “quemadmodum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quemadmodum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • as the proverb says: ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
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