quacumque Latin · revision 32217

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *kʷeh₂}}

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ It is also spelled ''quācunque'', and is split in tmesis by Lucretius and Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|quīcumque|t=whoever, whatever]], its feminine ablative singular: [[m|la|quā|t=by which way]] with ⟨-cumque⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the feminine of [[m|la|quī|t=who, which]] to [[itc-pro|*kʷāi]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷeh₂]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Lucilius, of whoever stands in someone's way wherever he goes.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means by whatever route or way, as Cicero's ''De lege agraria'' grants leave to wander wherever they wish, and wherever in one's progress, as his ''Verrines'' on wherever a man travelled.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius uses it of whatever part or point, as wherever there is empty space there is no body.^(OLD 2012) It also means in whatever manner, however, as Cicero's advice to make one's excuses however one can to those one offends against one's will.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it wherever, in every manner.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of wherever one goes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of wherever space is empty.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of any route and any manner.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil splits it in tmesis.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By whatever route; [[m|en|wherever]], wheresoever.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In whatever manner, [[m|en|however]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[qua|alt=quā]]

+ * [[quicumque|alt=quīcumque]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}