adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective with an indeclinable portion
quotuscumque
quotuscumque (feminine quotacumque, neuter quotumcumque)
Classical[kʷɔ.tʊsˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[kʷo.tusˈkum.kʷe]
Meaning
- adjectivewhatsoever in number, order, vel sim.
- adjectivepoetichowever great or small
tunc morior curis, tunc mens mihi perdita fingit, / quisue meam teneat, quot teneatue modis: / tunc tibi, lena, precor diras: satis anxia uiuas, / mouerit e uotis pars quotacumque deos.
c. 50 BCE – 19 BCE, Albius Tibullus, Elegiae 2.6.51–54
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quotuscumque | quotacumque | quotumcumque |
| genitive | quotīcumque | quotaecumque | quotīcumque |
| dative | quotōcumque | quotaecumque | quotōcumque |
| accusative | quotumcumque | quotamcumque | quotumcumque |
| ablative | quotōcumque | quotācumque | quotōcumque |
| vocative | quotecumque | quotacumque | quotumcumque |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quotīcumque | quotaecumque | quotacumque |
| genitive | quotōrumcumque | quotārumcumque | quotōrumcumque |
| dative | quotīscumque | quotīscumque | quotīscumque |
| accusative | quotōscumque | quotāscumque | quotacumque |
| ablative | quotīscumque | quotīscumque | quotīscumque |
| vocative | quotīcumque | quotaecumque | quotacumque |
quŏtus-cumque, tăcumque, tumcumque, adj.,
I. whatsoever in number, order, etc.; how great or small soever (poet.):
moverit e votis pars quotacumque deos, Tib. 2, 6, 54 (in Ov. H. 13, 60, the true reading is quota quemque).Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷó-
- Latinquotuscumque
Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Latin -cumque Latin quotuscumque From quotus (“what number? how many? how few?”) + -cumque (suffix forming indefinite adjectives).