adverb
quōmodō̆
quōmodō̆ (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷoː.mɔ.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷɔː.mo.do]
№ 831 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- interrogativenot comparablein what manner or way?; how?
- interrogativenot comparablehow is that possible (that)?
- not comparablein what condition or circumstances? how?
Quōmodo tibi rēs sē habet?
How's your business going along? - not comparableUsed in warnings, threats and exclamations.
At scīn' quōmodo?
You know what I'm gonna do?Sed quōmodo dissimulabat!
But how he was faking it! - not comparablerelativein the manner in which, just as, just like
Quōmodo mortuos, quī istīc sepultus est nec loquī nec sermōnāre potest, seic Rhodinē apud M(ārcum) Licinium Faustum mortua sit nec loquī nec sermōnāre possit
Just like the dead man who's been buried here cannot speak nor talk [to anyone], so may Rhodine be dead for Marcus Licinius Faustus, nor be able to speak or talk [to him].1 cent. BC (curse tablet) CIL I² 1012 = CIL VI 140 = SIAtt-1, p. 82 = ILLRP 1144 = D 8749 = DefTab 139 = Kropp-01-04-04-03 - not comparablerelativewith subjunctiveby means of which, using which
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
how
quōmodo — in Seneca, ch. VII
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
- to detail the whole history of an affair.
- ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
- as the proverb says.
quō-mŏdŏ, or quō mŏdŏ (in tmesi:
I.
quo tu me modo voles esse, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 48; Curt. 6, 4, 14), adv., in what manner, in what way, how. I. Interrog.:
Quomodo? Quantum poposcerit Apronius? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25: Maecenas quomodo tecum? Hor. S. 1, 9, 43: quomodo palam factum est verbum istud? Vulg. Exod. 2, 14: at scin, quo modo tibi res se habet? Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 8: cum fratre, an sine eo cum filio, an quomodo? Cic. Att. 8, 3, 5.— B. In exclamations:
quomodo se venditant Caesari! Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1: quomodo mortem filii tulit! id. Lael. 2, 9.— II. Rel.:
non meminisse nos ratus, quomodo trecentos Philippos vilico dederis, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 54: haec negotia quomodo se habeant, ne epistula quidem narrare audeo, Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 1: quomodo homines non inepti loquuntur, id. ib. 7, 5, 3: quo modo nunc se istorum artes habent, id. de Or. 2, 32, 140: se aliquam rationem inituros, quomodo ab Hispanis sumant, Liv. 23, 48.— B. Esp. corresp. to sic, in what manner, in the same manner, even as: et quo modo hoc est consequens illi, sic illud huic. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 18:
quo modo in omni vită praecipitur, sic, id. Off. 1, 38, 136.—III. Indef. for quocumque modo, in whatever way:
quo modo potuissem, te convenissem, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1 (B. and K. ex conj. quoquo modo).Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
- Proto-Italic*kʷoi
- Latinquōmodō̆
Latin quī Latin quō Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin modō Latin quomodo Univerbation of quō (“what”, abl. sg.) + modō (“manner, way”, abl. sg.). /kō-/ variants first attested in Pompeii. /d/-less variants (through allegro-speech consonant elision or some kind of metanalysis) securely attested from mid-1st c. CE onwards. Forms in /-ī/ likely by analogy with cuius-/eiusmodī.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalancom
- Occitancoma
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishcomofrom Old Spanish commo
- Spanishcómofrom Old Spanish commo
- Asturiancómo
- Mirandesecumo
- Mozarabicכם
- Old Galician-Portuguesecomo
Borrowings
- Englishquomodo
Balkano-Romance
- Romaniancum
- Aromaniancum
Elsewhere
- Sardiniancomentifrom Vulgar Latin *quōmo mente
- Sassaresecumentifrom Vulgar Latin *quōmo mente
- Old Frenchcomentfrom Vulgar Latin *quōmo mente
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliancemût
- Romanshco
- Romanshcu
Insular Romance
- Old Sardinianco
Italo-Dalmatian
- Istriotcume
- Neapolitancommo
- Old Italiancomo
- Siciliancomu