adverb
quīcum
quīcum (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷiː.kũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷiː.kum]
Meaning
- not comparablerelativewith whom
Quīcum concordissimē vīxerat.
With whom he lived most lovingly. - interrogativenot comparablewith whom?
Quīcum loquitur fīlius?
With whom does my son talk?Quicum litigas, Olympio?
Who are you quarreling with, Olympias?c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 2.5.9
quīcum, v. 1. qui
I. init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quīcum see 1 qui.
Origins
From quī (“whom”) (archaic ablative singular form of quī and quis) + -cum (“with”).