adverb
quōquam
quōquam (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷoː.kʷãː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷɔː.kʷam]
Meaning
- not comparablewheresoever (to any place)
- not comparablein any direction, to anywhere
quō-quam, adv.
I. To any place, whithersoever (rare but class.):
ut hanc ne quoquam mitteret, nisi ad se, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 45; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 16; id. Hec. 4, 1, 50: meare diversa, Lucr. 1, 428 Lachm.: neque se quoquam movit ex Urbe, Nep. Att. 7; Sall. J. 14, 17; Liv. 34, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: non ivit servus tuus quoquam, Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 25.—* II. = in aliquam rem, in any thing, in aught:
neque quoquam posse resolvi, Lucr. 1, 1053.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quōquam adv.
old dat. of quisquam, to any place, in any direction, whithersoever : Cave oculos a meis oculis quoquam demoveas tuos, T.: nec proficisci quoquam potes: priusquam inde quoquam procederet, L.
Origins
From quō (“whither”) + -quam (“any”).