LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
determinerthird-declension two-termination determiner with an indeclinable portion

quāliscumque

quāliscumque (neuter quālecumque)
Classical[kʷaː.lɪsˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[kʷa.lisˈkum.kʷe]

Meaning

  1. determinertwo terminationof what quality soever, of whatever kind, whatsoever sort
    Hospitalis tibi illa qualiscumque sedes erit.Any sort of place there will be hospitable to you. (Seneca, Epistulae Morales, III,28)
  2. determinertwo termination. any, each without distinction (transferred, Late Latin)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequāliscumquequāliscumquequālecumque
genitivequāliscumquequāliscumquequāliscumque
dativequālīcumquequālīcumquequālīcumque
accusativequālemcumquequālemcumquequālecumque
ablativequālīcumquequālīcumquequālīcumque
vocativequāliscumquequāliscumquequālecumque
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequālēscumquequālēscumquequāliacumque
genitivequāliumcumquequāliumcumquequāliumcumque
dativequālibuscumquequālibuscumquequālibuscumque
accusativequālīscumque
quālēscumque		quālīscumque
quālēscumque		quāliacumque
ablativequālibuscumquequālibuscumquequālibuscumque
vocativequālēscumquequālēscumquequāliacumque

quālis-cumque, quale-cumque, or -cunque (separated:
I. quale id cumque est, Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 76; Ov. P. 4, 13, 6), adj. qualis.
I. Rel., of what quality soever, of whatever kind (class.).
A. With verb: licet videre, qualescumque summi civitatis viri fuerunt, talem civitatem fuisse, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 31: sed homines benevolos, qualescumque sunt, grave est insequi contumeliā, be they as they may, id. Att. 14, 14, 5. —
B. Absol. by ellipsis of verb, in emphatic expressions (v. Zumpt, § 706): qualicumque urbis statu sisti potuisse, Liv. 2, 44, 10: pluris qualemcunque vitam honestā morte aestimare, Curt. 5, 8, 6: si libertatem sequimur, qui locus hoc dominatu vacat? Sin qualemcunque locum, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; id. Att. 9, 6, 4: imperatores voto expetere, qualescumque tolerare, Tac. H. 4, 8; id. A. 11, 4: carmina lector Commendet dulci qualiacumque sono, Ov. A. A. 2, 283; Liv. 38, 9, 2; Quint. 9, 10, 1; 11, 1, 14; Curt. 5, 9, 12; Suet. Calig. 8; Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141. —
II. Transf., indef., any without exception, any whatever: sin qualemcumque locum sequimur, quae est domestica sede jucundior? Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; Manil. 2, 856. — Hence, adv.: quālĭtercumquē or -cunquē, in what way soever, howsoever, be it as it may (post-Aug.), i. q. utcunque, Col. 2, 10, 2: proeliare, Just. 2, 11, 11; Flor. 3, 19, 1; Col. 11, 3, 34; Dig. 27, 1, 21.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷh₂élis?
  5. Proto-Italic*kʷālis
  6. Latinquāliscumque

Latin -cumque Latin quāliscumque From quālis + -cumque.

Descendants
  • Frenchquelconquefrom Old French quelesquunques

Quick answers

What does quāliscumque mean in Latin?
quāliscumque, a determiner, means “of what quality soever, of whatever kind, whatsoever sort; . any, each without distinction (transferred, Late Latin)”.
How do you pronounce quāliscumque?
In classical Latin, [kʷaː.lɪsˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷa.lisˈkum.kʷe].
Where does quāliscumque come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis → Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂élis? → Proto-Italic *kʷālis → Latin quāliscumque.