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quotuscumque

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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:[1]
      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

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First/second-declension adjective with an indeclinable portion.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative quotuscumque quotacumque quotumcumque quotīcumque quotaecumque quotacumque
genitive quotīcumque quotaecumque quotīcumque quotōrumcumque quotārumcumque quotōrumcumque
dative quotōcumque quotaecumque quotōcumque quotīscumque
accusative quotumcumque quotamcumque quotumcumque quotōscumque quotāscumque quotacumque
ablative quotōcumque quotācumque quotōcumque quotīscumque
vocative quotecumque quotacumque quotumcumque quotīcumque quotaecumque quotacumque

See also

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Further reading

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  • 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.