pronoun · masculine
quisquis
quisquis m or f (indefinite, neuter quidquid or quicquid)
Classical[ˈkʷɪs.kʷɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷis.kʷis]
№ 129 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- feminineindefinitemasculinewhoever, whatever
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quisquis | quisquis | quidquid quicquid |
| genitive | cuiuscuius | cuiuscuius | cuiuscuius |
| dative | cuicui | cuicui | cuicui |
| accusative | quemquem | quamquam | quidquid quicquid |
| ablative | quōquō | quāquā | quōquō |
| vocative | quisquis | quisquis | quidquid quicquid |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quīquī | quaequae | quaequae |
| genitive | quōrumquōrum | quārumquārum | quōrumquōrum |
| dative | quibusquibus quīsquīs | quibusquibus quīsquīs | quibusquibus quīsquīs |
| accusative | quōsquōs | quāsquās | quaequae |
| ablative | quibusquibus quīsquīs | quibusquibus quīsquīs | quibusquibus quīsquīs |
| vocative | quīquī | quaequae | quaequae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- quoquo versus; in omnes partes
- in all directions.
quis-quis, quaeque, quodquod, and
I. subst. quicquid, quidquid, pron. rel., whoever, whosoever, whatever, whatsoever, every one who, each, every, all: hostem qui feriet, mihi erit Carthaginiensis, Quisquis erit, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51 (Ann. v. 285 Vahl.):
quisquis homo huc venerit, vapulabit, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 153: quisquis es, quicquid tibi nomen est, id. Men. 5, 2, 60: quisquis ille est, qui adest, id. Ps. 4, 1, 17: omnia mala ingerebat, quemquem aspexerat, id. Men. 5, 1, 17: quemquem hominem attigerit, id. Truc. 2, 1, 17: hoc ego in mari, quicquid inest, reperi, id. Rud. 4, 2, 20: sed quicquid id est, jam sciam, id. Men. 5, 2, 22: quicquid animo cernimus, id omne oritur a sensibus, Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 64: sed quinam est iste epilogus? aveo enim audire, quicquid est, id. Tusc. 1, 47, 112: esto ut hi sint, quiqui integri sunt, et sani, id. Sest. 45, 97: liberos suos quibusquibus Romanis mancipio dabant, to every Roman, without exception, Liv. 41, 8: quoquo consilio fecit, with whatever design, Cic. Rab. Post. 8, 21: quoquo tempore fuerit, at what time soever, id. Att. 9, 2, a, 2: quoquo modo se res habet, however it may be, be it as it may, id. Fam. 1, 5, 2: quoquo modo accipitur, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 110: si quid a quoquo eorum, quos, quasve ibi habebunt, furtum factum esse dicetur, Dig. 47, 5, 1.— With plur. verb: quisquis ubique, viri, dociles advertite mentes, Ov. A. A. 1, 267: quisquis amas, scabris hoc bustum caedito saxis, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 77. tunc procul absitis, quisquis colis arte capillos, Tib. 1, 7, 45 (1, 6, 39). — Quisquis, and esp. freq., quicquid, with gen.: deorum quisquis amicior Afris, Hor. C. 2, 1, 25: at o deorum quicquid in caelo regit, all ye gods who, id. Epod. 5, 1: per quidquid deorum est, by all the gods, Liv. 23, 9: quidquid maleficii, sceleris, caedis erit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 42, 122; but also adject. (rare): quisquis honos tumuli, quidquid solamen humandi est, Verg. A. 10, 493: ille quicquid usquam concipitur nefas Tractavit, Hor. C. 2, 13, 9: quidquid genus, Cato, R. R. 48. — Quidquid, adv., how much soever: quicquid progredior, whithersoever, the farther, the more, Liv. 31, 1: quicquid ab urbe longius proferrent arma, magis, etc., id. 7, 32: ride, quicquid amas, Cato, Catullum, i. e. quantum, as much as, Cat. 56, 3: quicquid ita educati liberi patrem amare videntur, Gell. 12, 1, 23.— Quisquis as fem., like quis (ante-class.): mulier, quisquis es, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 66: quisquis es, quae, etc., id. Rud. 4, 4, 102.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quis-quis quicquid (quidquid) and (adj.) quodquod (rare, except in sing. nom. and abl. m, and nom. acc. and abl. n
), pron. rel. indef, whoever, whosoever, whatever, whatsoever, every one who, everything which: Quin spolies quemquem nacta sis, T.: hostem qui feriet, erit mihi Carthaginiensis, Quisquis erit, Enn. ap. C.: quicquid animo cernimus, id omne oritur a sensibus: quoquo consilio fecit, with whatever design: quoquo tempore conspectus erat, at what time soever: deorum quisquis amicior Afris, H.: At o deorum quicquid in caelo regit, all ye gods who, H.: per quidquid deorum est, by all the gods, L.: quicquid malefici erit: Quisquis honos tumuli, quidquid solamen humandi est, v.—Whoever it be, every one, each, everything, anything: quatenus quicquid se attingat, perspicere (i. e. quatenus quid, quicquid est, attingat): liberos suos quibusquibus Romanis mancipio dabant, all Romans whoever they may be, L.
Origins
Reduplication of quis. This reduplicated pronoun also appears in Sabellic, allowing a reconstruction of Proto-Italic *kʷiskʷis.
Descendants
- Englishquiscos
- Englishquiscus
- Englishquisqouse
- Englishquisquose
- Englishquisquous
- Englishquiscoskos
- Englishquis-quis
- Englishquisquis
In English words that came into English from quisquis
- quisquousquisquis