quocumque

Latin

Etymology

From quō +‎ -cumque.

Adverb

quōcumque (not comparable)

1. wheresoever, wherever
   • National motto of the Isle of Man:

     Quocumque jeceris stabit ― Whithersoever thou mayst cast it, it will stand

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative			indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal			indefinite	irrelative / emphatic	relative		indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	ecquis, ecqui, ecquisnam, ecquinam	quisnam, quinam	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual							uternam	uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem		ubinam	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem			unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	ecquo	quonam	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	ecqua	quanam	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque	°quāquam	nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem		utinam	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	utiquam, ūllō modō	neutiquam, nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	†num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	ecquando		quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity	†nam			tam	†tamen, †tandem			quam	†quamquam, quamcumque	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet	quamque	†quamquam
size				tantus	tantusdem			quantus	quantusquantus quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
size (smallness)				tantulus				quantulus, quantillus	quantuluscumque	aliquantulus	quantuluslibet
quality				tālis		ecqualis	qualisnam	quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet	qualisque		nihili
number				tot	totidem		quotnam	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order/fractional				totus				quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns				quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet	quotiensque
time (continuous)				tamdiu				quamdiu	quamdiucumque	aliquamdiu		quamque diu
multiplication				totuplex				quotuplex
proportion								quotuplus
distributive								quotēnus
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

References

• “quocumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quocumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “quocumque”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.