pronoun · neuter
quidquid
quidquid n
Classical[ˈkʷɪk.kʷɪd]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷid.kʷid]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neuterwhatever
- neuterquidquid id est, Whatever it is
Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.
Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even if they are bearing gifts.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.49 - neuterwhoever it be, everything, anything
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quaecumque rēsquidquid — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 5
omne quodquidquid — in Metamorphoses I, †
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quidquid quicquid | quaequae |
| genitive | cuiuscuius | quōrumquōrum |
| dative | cuicui | quibusquibus quīsquīs |
| accusative | quidquid quicquid | quaequae |
| ablative | quōquō | quibusquibus quīsquīs |
| vocative | quidquid quicquid | quaequae |
quidquid, v. quisquis.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quidquid adv.
acc n. of quisquis, to whatever extent, by how much, the further : quidquid progrediebantur, magis magisque, etc., L.
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷidkʷid