adverb
quotiēnscumque
quotiēnscumque (not comparable)
Classical[kʷɔ.ti.ẽːˈskʊŋ.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[kʷot.t͡si.enˈskum.kʷe]
Meaning
- not comparablewhenever (every time that)
- not comparablehowever often
quŏtĭens-cumquĕ, adv.,
I. how often soever, as often soever as (class.):
quotienscumque dico, totiens mihi videor in judicium venire, etc., Cic. Clu. 18, 51; id. Tusc. 3, 34, 84; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; Nep. Eum. 5, 7: hoc facite quotienscumque bibetis, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 25. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quotiēns-cumque adv.,
how often soever, as often soever as: quotienscumque dico, totiens, etc.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷó-
- Latinquotiēnscumque
Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -nsder. Latin -iēns Latin quotiēns Latin -cumque Latin quotiēnscumque From quotiēns + -cumque.