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adverb

quandō̆1

quandō̆
Classical[ˈkʷan.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷan.do]
№ 621 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. interrogative"When?"
  2. relative"When".
  3. indefiniteever, at any time, at some time, some day (especially following sī, num or ne)
    sī quandō...if ever...

quando (old form quandod, acc. to Fest. p. 258 b Müll.), adv. and
I. conj.
I. Adv.
A. Interrog., at what time? when? Do. Venit Chaerea. Ph. Quando? Do. Hodie. Ph. Quamdudum? Do. Modo, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 30; id. Heaut. 2, 2, 9; Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 21, 49: o rus, quando ego te aspiciam? quandoque licebit? etc., Hor. S. 2, 6, 60; id. Epod. 9, 1; id. C. 1, 24, 8: dic mihi cras istud, Postume, quando venit? Mart. 5, 58, 2.—
B. Rel., at what time, when: non intellegitur, quando obrepat senectus, Cic. Sen. 11, 38: quaeres, quando iterum paveas, Hor. S. 2, 7, 69: quando ipsos loqui, quando advocati voce uti deceat, quartus liber continet, Quint. 11, 1, 59: expectans quando incipiendum sit, id. 11, 3, 159.—
C. Indef., at what time soever, i. e. at any time, ever, some time, some day, = aliquando, esp. after num, si, and ne: exsistit hoc loco quaestio, num quando amici novi veteribus sint anteponendi, Cic. Lael. 19, 67: ut, si quando auditum sit, prodigii simile numeretur, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37; id. Rep. 1, 38, 59 Moser N. cr.; Ov. A. A. 2. 15: ne quando liberis proscriptorum bona patria reddantur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145: ut ne quando amare inciperemus, id. Lael. 16, 60: fuisse autem illic pluviam, ne quando quidem auditum est, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 4.— Strengthened by umquam, Liv. 10, 14. —
II. Conj.
A. Temp., when: quando esurio, tum (intestina) crepant, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 27; Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Ann. v. 416 Vahl.): tum, quando legatos Tyrum misimus, Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 41; id. Off. 2, 21, 75 (al. si quando): quando dies adveniet, quem praefata Morta est, Liv. Andron. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 11; Hor. S. 2, 2, 42; id. Epod. 16, 27; Verg. A. 6, 50.—
B. Transf., causal, since then, because then (class.; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 971; Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21; in some passages, esp. of Cic., quando has been changed to quoniam by the editors; cf. Reisig. Vorles. p. 465): quando igitur virtus est adfectio animi constans, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34 B. and K.: quando igitur potest tibi Publius Geminus videri, quid habes, etc., id. Ac. 2, 26, 85: quando igitur inest in omni virtute cura quaedam, id. Fin. 5, 23, 67.—
2. In gen., since, because, seeing that, inasmuch as (= quoniam, v. Drak. ad Liv. 33, 2, 98; freq. in Liv.; otherwise mostly poet. and post-Aug.); with indic.: quando ita tibi lubet, vale atque salve, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 118: quando habeo multos cognatos, quid opus sit mihi liberis? id. Mil. 3, 1, 110: quando hoc bene successit, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23: duc me ad eam, quando huc veni, id. And. 4, 5, 23: maneamus ergo in illā eādem sententiā, quando hoc miserius esse nihil potest, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8: nunc, quando per illam licet, Sall. J. 102, 9: volo ego illi beluae ostendere, quando adeo ferox praesultat hostium signis, Liv. 7, 10, 3; 9, 4, 8: quando injussu populi facta est, id. 9, 8, 5: quando in apertum semel discrimen evasura esset res, id. 10, 14, 8: quando id certum atque obstinatum est, id. 2, 15, 5; Quint. 5, 7, 6; cf. id. 1, 8, 9; 2, 12, 12: cur non sit orator, quando, quod difficilius est, oratorem facit, id. 12, 8, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 10 et saep.: validiore apud eos Arminio, quando bellum suadebat, Tac. A. 1, 57; cf. id. ib. 1, 44; 4, 6; id. H. 1, 87 et saep.—With subj.: quando senescant sata quaedam aquā, Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28.

Origins

Univerbation of quam (“how, as”) + *dō (“then, until”), the second part being from Proto-Indo-European *doh₁, instrumental of *de.

conjunction
quandō2
quandō
Classical[ˈkʷan.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷan.do]
№ 621 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. when, now that, since, as
    CRĪTŌ: Dūc mē ad eam, quandō hūc vēnī, ut videam.(temporal interpretation:) CRITO: Now that I have come here, take me to her, so that I may see [her]. (causal interpretation:) CRITO: Lead me to her, since I came here to see [her].166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 818
  2. since, inasmuch as, seeing that, because
    quandō aliud mihi iam miserae nihil ipsa relīquī“since now I have left nothing else for my wretched self”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.315

Origins

Univerbation of quam (“how, as”) + *dō (“then, until”), the second part being from Proto-Indo-European *doh₁, instrumental of *de.

Descendants
  • Catalanquan
  • Englishcue
  • Frenchquand
  • Italianquando
  • Occitanquan
  • Portuguesequando
  • Portuguesecando
  • Romaniancând
  • Sardiniancando
  • Sardiniancanno

Quick answers

What does quandō̆ mean in Latin?
quandō̆, a adverb, means “"When?"; "When".; ever, at any time, at some time, some day (especially following sī, num or ne)”.
How do you pronounce quandō̆?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʷan.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷan.do].