quotuscumque

Latin

Alternative forms
  • quōtuscunque

Etymology

quotus (“what number? how many? how few?”) +‎ -cumque (suffix forming indefinite adjectives)

Pronunciation

Adjective

quotuscumque (feminine quotacumque, neuter quotumcumque); first/second-declension adjective with an indeclinable portion

  1. whatsoever in number, order, vel sim.
  2. (poetic) however great or small
    • Tib. 2.6.51–54:
      tunc morior curis, tunc mens mihi perdita fingit, / quisue meam teneat, quot teneatue modis: / tunc tibi, lena, precor diras: satis anxia uiuas, / mouerit e uotis pars quotacumque deos.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective with an indeclinable portion.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quotuscumque quotacumque quotumcumque quotīcumque quotaecumque quotacumque
Genitive quotīcumque quotaecumque quotīcumque quotōrumcumque quotārumcumque quotōrumcumque
Dative quotōcumque quotōcumque quotīscumque
Accusative quotumcumque quotamcumque quotumcumque quotōscumque quotāscumque quotacumque
Ablative quotōcumque quotācumque quotōcumque quotīscumque
Vocative quotecumque quotacumque quotumcumque quotīcumque quotaecumque quotacumque

See also
Latin correlatives (edit)
typedemonstrativeanaphoricidentityinterrogative/
relative		indefinitenegativeother
proximalmedialdistalrelativeindefiniteuniversalfree choicenegative polarity
basic hiciste, isticille, illicisipse, īdemquis/quīquisquis, quīcumquequis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiamquisquequīvis, quīlibetquisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquamnēmō, nihil, nūllusalius
dual uterutercumquealteruteruterqueutervīs, uterlibetneuteralter
place hīcistīcillīcibī̆ibī̆demubī̆ubiubi, ubī̆cumquealicubī, uspiamubīqueubivīs, ubilibetusquamnusquam, nūllibīalibī, aliās
source hincistincillincindeindidemundeundecumque, undeundealicundeundique°undelibetaliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsumistūc, °istōrsumillūc, °illōrsumeōeōdemquō, quōrsumquōquō, quōcumquealiquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsumquōvīs, quōlibetquōquamnusquam, nūllōrsumaliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place		 hācistācillāceāeādemquāquāquā, quācumquealiquāquāquequāvīs, quālibetnēquāquam, haudquāquamaliā
manner hōc modōistō modōillō modōita, sīc,
eō modō		item, itidemut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutut, utcumque, quōmodocumquequī, quōdam modō, aliquō modōutiquequōmodolibetūllō modōnūllō modōaliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nuncōlimtum, tuncsimulquandō, ‡cumcumque, quandōcumque, quandōquequondam, aliquandōquandōquequandōlibetumquamnumquamaliās
quantity tam†tamen, †tandemquam†quamquamaliquamquamvīs, quamlibet
size tantustantusdemquantusquantuscumquealiquantusquantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālisquālisquālis, quāliscumquealiquālisquālislibet
number tottotidemquotquotquot, quotcumquealiquotquotlibet
order totusquotusquotuscumquealiquotusquotuslibet
repetition totiēnsquotiēnsquotiēnscumquealiquotiēnsquotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplexquotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Further reading
  • “quŏtuscumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quōtuscunque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quŏtuscumquĕ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1308/2.
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