adverb
quamque
quamque (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷaŋ.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷam.kʷe]
Meaning
- not comparableas much (it may be), as much soever, howsoever much
quamque sanctissime poterat adiurans cuncta numina, tantum scelus abnuebat
c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.27
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
- Proto-Italic*kʷis
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
- Proto-Italic*kʷoi
- Latinquamque
Latin que Latin quamque From quam (“as much as”) + que (“it may be”).