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adverb

quemadmodum

quemadmodum (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷẽː ˈad.mɔ.dũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷɛm ˈad.mo.dum]
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Meaning

  1. interrogativenot comparablehow, in what manner
  2. not comparablerelativeas, just as, as when
    Haec tamen praeceptī meī summa est: sīc cum īnferiōre vīvās quemadmodum tēcum superiōrem velīs vīvere.However, this is the sum of my advice: you should live with an inferior just as you would wish a superior to live with you.c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.11
  3. not comparablerelativefor instance

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Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
as the proverb says.

quĕmadmŏdum or quĕm ad mŏ-dum, adv.,
I. in what manner, how (cf.: quomodo, quī).
I. Interrog.: facere amicum tibi me potis es sempiternum. Sa. Quemadmodum? Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 36: si non reliquit: quemadmodum ab eo postea exegisti? Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: quem ad modum est adservatus? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1; 7, 2, 1. —
II. Rel.: ego omnem rem scio, quemadmodum est, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69: semper vigilavi, et providi, quemadmodum salvi esse possemus, Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; Caes. B. G. 1, 36; 6, 43; 3, 16; Nep. Dion, 2, 4.—
B. In partic.
1. Corresp. with sic, ita, etc., just as, as: quemadmodum urbes magnas viculis praeferundas puto, sic, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3; cf.: si, quemadmodum soles de ceteris rebus ... sic de amicitiā disputaris, id. Lael. 4, 16. — Corresp. with ita, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a, 4; Val. Max. 8, 1, 11; with item, Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 110; with eodem modo, id. Fin. 2, 26, 83; with adaeque, Liv. 4, 43, 5.—
2. In introducing examples, as, as for instance: quemadmodum C. Caesar inquit, Quint. 6, 3, 75; 2, 5, 20; 8, 6, 56; 9, 2, 36 al.: quemadmodum si, Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 1.

Origins

Univerbation of quī (“what”) + ad (“according to”) + modus (“manner, way”), showing a type of fronting also known as the magnā cum laude-construction.

Quick answers

What does quemadmodum mean in Latin?
quemadmodum, a adverb, means “how, in what manner; as, just as, as when; for instance”.
How do you pronounce quemadmodum?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʷẽː ˈad.mɔ.dũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷɛm ˈad.mo.dum].