LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

quōcumque

quōcumque (not comparable)

Meaning

  1. not comparablewherever, wheresoever, whithersoever
    quōcumque aspicerēs, lūctūs gemitūsque sonābantWherever you chanced, grief and mourning sounded8 CE – 12 CE, Ovidius, Tristia 1.3.21
    Quocumque jeceris stabit ― Whithersoever thou mayst cast it, it will standNational motto of the Isle of Man:

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quō-cumque (in tmesi:
I. quo nos cumque feret, Hor. C. 1, 7, 25: quo res cumque cadent, Verg. A. 2, 709: quo ea me cumque ducet, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 15), adv., to whatever place, whithersoever (class): quocumque venerint, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 167: oculi, quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori requirunt, id. Mil. 1, 1: ire, pedes quocumque ferent, quocumque per undas Notus vocabit, Hor. Epod. 16, 21; Verg. A. 3, 682: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur quocumque torqueas, Cic. Or. 16, 52: sequar te, quocumque ieris, Vulg. Matt. 8, 19: quocumque me verto, Sen. Ep. 12, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  4. Latinquōcumque

Latin quī Latin quō Latin -cumque Latin quōcumque From quō + -cumque.

Quick answers

What does quōcumque mean in Latin?
quōcumque, a adverb, means “wherever, wheresoever, whithersoever”.
Where does quōcumque come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *kʷos → Proto-Italic *kʷoi → Latin quōcumque.