quocumque Latin · revision 31036

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la quō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quōcumque''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''quōcunque'' and ''quōquomque''.^(OLD 2012)

+ It is often split by tmesis, as Horace's ''quō nōs cumque feret''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|quō|t=to which place]] and the generalising suffix [[m|la|-cumque|t=-ever]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨Quō⟩ is the ablative of the relative [[m|la|quī|t=who, which]], from [[itc-pro|*kʷoi]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷo-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Terence as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is “to whatever place, wherever”, as Cicero's “wherever they came” and Horace's “to go wherever the feet will carry me”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is “in whatever direction”: in Cicero nothing follows so easily wherever one leads it as speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Without a verb it means “anywhere at all”, as Virgil's sailors driven by fear to shake out the ropes for any course.^(OLD 2012)

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+ The Vulgate has ''sequar tē quōcumque ieris'', “I will follow you wherever you go”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “to whatever place, whithersoever”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of “wherever” and of speech that follows any lead.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of “anywhere at all”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate's “I will follow you wherever you go”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # To whatever place, [[m|en|wherever]], [[m|en|whithersoever]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(figurative)'' In whatever direction.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(without a verb)'' Anywhere at all.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quō]]

+ * [[ubicumque]]

+ * [[quīcumque]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}