LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

quandōcumque

quandōcumque (not comparable)
Classical[kʷan.doːˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[kʷan.doˈkum.kʷe]

Meaning

  1. not comparablewhenever; at whatever time, as often as, at what time soever, as soon as

quandō-cumquē or -cunquē (quandŏ - cumque, Ter. Maur. p. 2404 P.;
I. separated: quando consumet cumque, Hor. S. 1, 9, 33), adv.
I. Rel., at what time soever, at whatever time, whenever, as often as, as soon as (mostly poet.).
A. With indic.: quandocumque ista gens suas litteras dabit, Cato ap. Plin. 29, 1, 7, § 14: quandocumque igitur vitam mea fata reposcant, Prop. 2, 1, 71: quandocumque trahunt invisa negotia Romam, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 17; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 58: quandocunque fors obtulerat, Auct. B. Alex. 22.—
B. With subj.: si Olympias mater immortalitati consecretur, quandocumque excesserit vita, Curt. 9, 6, 26; 10, 8, 10; Prop. 2, 1, 71.—
II. Indef., at some time or other, in due time: quandocumque mihi poenas dabis, Ov. M. 6, 544; id. Tr. 3, 1, 57; Hor. S. 1, 9, 33; Cels. 4, 19.

Origins

Derived from quandō (“when”) + -cumque (indefinite suffix).

Descendants
  • Frenchquanconquefrom Old French quanconque
  • Interlinguaquandocunque

Quick answers

What does quandōcumque mean in Latin?
quandōcumque, a adverb, means “whenever; at whatever time, as often as, at what time soever, as soon as”.
How do you pronounce quandōcumque?
In classical Latin, [kʷan.doːˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷan.doˈkum.kʷe].