as much soever

quantus-vīs, tăvis, tumvis, adj., as much as you will, as great as you please, however great, ever so great (class.):

et manus una regit quantovis impete euntem (navem),

Lucr. 4, 903; 4, 1171:

quantasvis magnas copias sustineri posse,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28:

portum satis amplum quantaevis classi,

for any fleet, be it ever so large, Liv. 26, 42:

cum faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis pretii,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 15:

ingenium hominis,

Gell. 4, 1, 2.— Neutr. subst.: quantum-vīs, however great an amount, as much as you will, how much soever, ever so much:

meretrici des quantumvis, nusquam apparet,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 17:

quantumvis tolle,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—With gen.:

quantumvis fiduciae et spiritūs capias,

how much soever, Nazar. Pan. Const. 19. — Adverb., very, very indeed:

quantumvis facundus et promptus,

Suet. Calig. 53.—

For quamvis, although, albeit:

ille catus, quantumvis rusticus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39 (ap. Cic. Lael. 20, 73, and Sen. Ep. 85, 12, the true read. is quamvis). [p. 1507]

quantus, a, um, adj. [quam], how great.

Bellum, Nep. Dat. 5, 1:

calamitates,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 51:

gravitas,

Vell. 2, 129, 2.—Corresp. with tantus:

videre mihi videor tantam dimicationem, quanta numquam fuit,

Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2.—With sup.:

tanta est inter eos, quanta maxima esse potest, morum studiorumque distantia,

the greatest possible difference, Cic. Lael. 20, 74.—Without tantus:

quantus non unquam antea, exercitus venit,

Liv. 9, 37, 2:

quanta maxime poterat vi perculit,

id. 9, 10, 10; cf. id. 7, 9, 8; 42, 15, 1; 24, 35, 5; Verg. A. 12, 701; 3, 641:

quanta mea sapientia est,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 62.—Quantus quantus, for quantuscumque, how great or much soever (ante-class.):

denegabit quantum quantum ad eum erit delatum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 28:

tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:

quanta quanta haec mea paupertas est, tamen,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 10. — In quantum, as far as, according as, in how far, in so far as, to whatever extent:

in quantum satis erat,

Tac. Or. 2:

declamatio, in quantum maxime potest, imitetur eas actiones,

Quint. 2, 10, 4; Sen. Ben. 2, 23, 1:

pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit,

Ov. M. 11, 71:

in quantum potuerit,

as far as possible, Plin. Ep. 10, 75. — With a preceding in tantum, as greatly... as:

vir in tantum laudandus, in quantum intellegi virtus potest,

Vell. 1, 9.—

Of number, value, etc., how much, how many:

quanta milia,

Prop. 1, 5, 10; Val. Fl. 3, 261. —And with or without tantus, as much as, as many as, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; Liv. 23, 21.—

As a designation of multitude, quantum = emphatic omnis: ut te quidem omnes di deaeque, quantum est, perduint,

as many as there are of them, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 6:

quantum in terra degit, hominum perjurissime!

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 117.— quantum, subst., with gen., as much of... as:

quantum est frumenti hornotini, exaraverunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.— Quanti, as gen. pretii, how high, how dear, or as dear as, as high as: quanti emi potest minime, how cheap? Ep. Ad quadraginta minas, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 110:

quanti emit?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6 (5), 14:

quanti locaverint, tantam pecuniam redemptori solvendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

vide, quanti apud me sis,

how highly I prize you, how dear you are to me, id. Fam. 7, 19 init.:

noli spectare, quanti sit homo,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4:

(tu) qui scias quanti Tulliam faciam,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

quanti est ista hominum gloria,

of how trifling worth, id. Rep. 6, 23, 25; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

quanti est sapere!

what a fine thing it is! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 21:

quanti ejus intersit,

Dig. 43, 18, 3.—Quanti quanti, at whatever price:

sed quanti quanti, bene emitur quod necesse est,

Cic. Att. 12, 23, 3.—Quanto opere, sometimes as one word, quantopere (q. v.), with what care, how greatly, how much (answering to tanto opere or tantopere, so greatly, so much):

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

quantoque opere ejus municipii causā laborarem,

id. Fam. 13, 7, 1.—Hence,

quantum, adv., as much as, so much as:

scribe, quantum potes,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 7.—Quantum possum or potest, as soon as possible:

domum me rursum, quantum potero, tantum recipiam,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 40: rescribas ad me, quantum potest, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1:

erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit,

so far as I hear, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

quantum suspicor,

as far as I can conjecture, id. Eun. 1, 2, 62.—Quantum in or ad me, so far as concerns me:

non igitur adhuc, quantum quidem in te est, intellego deos esse,

i. e. for all you have shown to the contrary, Cic. N. D. 3, 7, 15; cf. id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

quantum ad Pirithoum, Phaedra pudica fuit,

as far as concerned, with respect to, Ov. A. A. 1, 744:

quantum ad jus attinet,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34, 16; 3, 16, 1.—With compp. for quanto, the more, the greater, etc. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 488, A, 2).—Followed by eo:

quantum juniores patrum plebi se magis insinuabant, eo acrius contra tribuni tenebant,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; 44, 7, 6; Col. 12, 23 init. —Followed by tanto:

quantum augebatur militum numerus, tanto majore, etc.,

Liv. 5, 10, 5; 6, 38, 5; 27, 47, 11; cf. id. 32, 5, 1. — Also without a correl.:

quantum... et minus,

Liv. 44, 36, 5.—

quantō, adv., by how much, by as much as, according as, the:

quanto diutius Abest, magis cupio tanto,

the longer he is away, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 15:

quanto gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

quanto magis philosophi delectabunt, si, etc.,

how greatly, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:

quanto praeclarior vita, tanto,

Sall. J. 85, 22 Kritz. — With verbs which contain the idea of comparison:

Hannibalem tanto praestitisse ceteros imperatores prudentiā, quanto populus Romanus antecedebat fortitudine cunctas nationes,

Nep. Hann. 1, 1.—With posit.:

tanto acceptius in vulgum, quanto modicus privatis aedificationibus,

inasmuch as, Tac. A. 6, 45:

quanto frequenter impellitur, tanto firmiter roboratur,

Lact. 5, 7, 9.—With ante, secus, aliud:

quo minus exponam, quam multa ad me detulerit, quanto ante providerit,

Cic. Sest. 3, 8: videtote, quanto secus ego fecerim, how differently, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.:

ut manifesto appareat, quanto sit aliud proximum esse, aliud secundum,

Quint. 10, 1, 53.

quam-vīs, adv. and conj.

Adv., as you will, as much as you will or like, ever so much, ever so; hence, to designate a very high degree, as much as possible, very much, exceedingly (class.):

quamvis multos nominatim proferre,

as many as you will, very many, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

quamvis callide, quamvis audacter, quamvis impudenter,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

quamvis subito,

id. Lael. 5, 17: et praeter eos quamvis enumeres multos licet, ever so many, id. Leg. 3, 10, 24:

per populum quamvis justum et moderatum,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; 2, 30, 101:

quamvis pauci,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2:

quamvis pernix,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 79:

ridiculus,

id. Men. 2, 2, 43:

humanus et jocosus homo,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5.—With sup.:

quamvis vitiosissimus orator,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103; Col. 7, 8, 4; 2, 2, 25; 4, 24, 19; Tac. H. 2, 30; 3, 28; Quint. 6, prooem. 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 1.—

Conj., as much as ever you will, i. e. how much soever, however much, although, albeit; regularly joined with subj. (not so in Livy); only rarely, and mostly post-Aug., with indic. (v. infra).

With subj.:

homines, quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 39:

non igitur potestas est cum velis opitulandi rei publicae, quamvis ea prematur periculis, nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

quamvis sit magna (exspectatio), tamen eam vinces,

id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.:

quamvis prudens ad cogitandum sis sicut es, tamen nisi, etc.,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2;

and with this cf.: huc accedit, quod quamvis ille felix sit sicut est, tamen, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

ipsas quamvis angusti terminus aevi Excipiat... At genus immortale manet,

Verg. G. 4, 206.—

In a negative clause: senectus enim quamvis non sit gravis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; 26, 97; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23:

quamvis non fueris suasor,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 2.—

With indic.:

erat inter eos dignitate regiā, quamvis carebat nomine,

Nep. Milt. 2, 2:

quamvis infesto animo et minaci perveneras,

Liv. 2, 40, 7; Cels. 1 praef.:

quamvis est enim omnis hyperbole ultra finem, non tamen esse debet ultra modum,

Quint. 8, 6, 73:

carne tamen quamvis distat nil,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 29:

quamvis tacet Hermogenes,

id. ib. 1, 3, 129; cf. Dillenb. ad Hor. C. 1, 28, 13; Verg. A. 5, 542; Ov. M. 2, 782. In Cic. only in joining to his discourse a Lucilian verse beginning with quamvis, Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86.—

Without a verb, Carm. Marci ap. Fest. s. v. negumate, p. 165 Müll.:

res bello gesserat, quamvis rei publicae calamitosas, attamen magnas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

quamvis iniqua passi,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 224; Col. 9, 14, 14.

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quam-lĭbet ( - lŭbet), adv.

As it pleases, as you ( they, etc.) will, at pleasure:

quamlubet esto unica res,

Lucr. 2, 541:

lambe otio,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—

In gen., how much soever, ever so much, howsoever: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 5:

infirmae manus,

howsoever weak, id. Am. 1, 7, 66:

quamlibet parum sit,

however inconsiderable it may be, Quint. 1, 1, 18; 1, 12, 5; 5, 13, 56;

12, 1, 29: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; 3, 5, 9, § 54; 6, 4, 4, § 13:

hoc pretio quamlibet numerosa subsellia inplentur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 6; 10, 96 (97), 2; id. Pan. 61, 2:

quamlibet pulchra elocutio,

Quint. 2, 4, 32; 12, 8, 7; 8, 6, 4.—

For quamvis, although (post-class.), Sol. 9.

quam-lĭbet ( - lŭbet), adv.

As it pleases, as you ( they, etc.) will, at pleasure:

quamlubet esto unica res,

Lucr. 2, 541:

lambe otio,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—

In gen., how much soever, ever so much, howsoever: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 5:

infirmae manus,

howsoever weak, id. Am. 1, 7, 66:

quamlibet parum sit,

however inconsiderable it may be, Quint. 1, 1, 18; 1, 12, 5; 5, 13, 56;

12, 1, 29: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; 3, 5, 9, § 54; 6, 4, 4, § 13:

hoc pretio quamlibet numerosa subsellia inplentur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 6; 10, 96 (97), 2; id. Pan. 61, 2:

quamlibet pulchra elocutio,

Quint. 2, 4, 32; 12, 8, 7; 8, 6, 4.—

For quamvis, although (post-class.), Sol. 9.

mŏdus, i, m. [root med-, measure, weigh; Gr. medomai, medontes, mêstôr, medimnos; cf.: modius, modestus, moderor], a measure with which, or according to which, any thing is measured, its size, length, circumference, quantity (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

modi, quibus metirentur rura,

Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1:

is modus acnua Latine appellatur,

id. ib. 1, 10, 2:

filio agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 13:

hoc erat in votis, modus agri non ita magnus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 1:

de modo agri scripsit,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 2:

de modo agri (actio), cum a venditore emptor deceptus est,

Paul. Sent. 1, 19, 1:

modus hic agri nostro non sufficit horto,

Juv. 14, 172:

modus altitudinis et latitudinis (sulcorum),

Col. 11, 3, 4:

collis modum jugeri continens,

Col. Arbor. 1, 6:

ut omnium par modus sit,

Cels. 3, 27; cf. Col. 12, 23:

falsus,

false measure, Dig. 11, 6: magnus legionum, Vell. 2, 73, 2: hic mihi conteritur vitae modus, measure or term of life, Prop. 1, 7, 9.—

In partic.

Pregn., a proper measure, due measure:

in modo fundi non animadverso lapsi sunt multi,

Varr. R. R. 1, 11:

suus cuique (rei) modus est,

Cic. Or. 22, 73:

ordine et modo,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

modum alicujus rei habere,

to observe measure in a thing, not exceed the bounds of moderation, id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

vox quasi extra modum absona,

beyond measure, immoderately, id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

cum lacus praeter modum crevisset,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

ii sine dubio fidem et modum transeunt,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

supra modum in servos suos saevire,

Gai. Inst. 1, 53:

sine modo modestiāque,

without measure, without moderation, Sall. J. 41, 9:

sine modo ac modestia agi,

Liv. 26, 48, 11.—

The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode:

vocum,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

musici,

Quint. 1, 10, 14:

lyrici,

Ov. H. 15, 6:

fidibus Latinis Thebanos aptare modos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 12: Bacchico exsultas (i. e. exsultans) modo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 152 Vahl.):

flebilibus modis concinere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106: saltare ad tibicinis modos, to the music or sound of the flute, Liv. 7, 2:

nectere canoris Eloquium vocale modis,

Juv. 7, 19.—Fig.:

verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae,

moral harmonies, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 144.—

Transf.

A measure which is not to be exceeded, a bound, limit, end, restriction, etc.:

modus muliebris nullust, neque umquam lavando et fricando modum scimus facere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 21:

quis modus tibi tandem exilio eveniet,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 67:

modum aliquem et finem orationi facere,

to set bounds to, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118:

ludendi est quidem modus retinendus,

id. Off. 1, 29, 104:

imponere alicui,

Liv. 4, 24, 4:

cum modum irae nullum faceret,

id. 4, 50, 4:

modum transire,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 4:

cupidinibus statuat natura modum quem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

inimicitiarum modum facere,

Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

modum statuarum haberi nullum placet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

qui rebus infinitis modum constituant,

id. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

constituere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145: modus vitae, tou biou telos, Prop. 1, 7, 9. —With gen. gerund.:

modum lugendi aliquando facere,

to make an end of mourning, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 6.— Poet. with inf.:

nam quis erit saevire modus?

Stat. Th. 12, 573; cf. the foll.—

A way, manner, mode, method:

modus est, in quo quem ad modum, et quo animo factum sit, quaeritur, Ejus partes sunt prudentia, et imprudentia,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 41:

nullum modum esse hominis occidendi quo ille non aliquot occiderit,

id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

nec enim semper (hae partes) tractantur uno modo,

id. Or. 35, 122:

vitae,

way of life, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

caelestium ordinem... imitari vitae modo,

id. Sen. 21, 77: quibus modis, by what method of acting, i. e. what means, Sall. C. 5, 6:

cultores has Alpis modo tuto transmittere,

Liv. 21, 30, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

nec modus inserere atque oculos imponere simplex,

Verg. G. 2, 73.—

Esp. freq.: modo, in modum, or ad modum, with a gen. or adj., in the manner of, like:

servorum modo,

in the manner of, like slaves, Liv. 39, 26:

pecorum modo trahi,

Tac. A. 4, 25:

in modum ramorum,

Col. Arbor. 22:

in nostrum modum,

in our manner, Tac. H. 3, 25:

servilem in modum cruciari,

like slaves, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13; Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Suet. Calig. 56:

mirum in modum,

in a wonderful manner, wonderfully, Caes. B. G. 1, 41:

ad hunc modum distributis legionibus,

in this manner, id. ib. 5, 24:

naves ad hunc modum factae,

id. ib. 3, 13:

nos nostras more nostro et modo instruximus legiones,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 66:

non tuo hoc fiet modo,

id. Men. 2, 1, 25:

si humano modo, si usitato more peccāsset,

after the manner of men, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 8; cf.:

Carneadeo more et modo disputata,

id. Univ. 1; for which with gen.:

apis Matinae More modoque,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 28; and:

agendi more ac modo,

Quint. 11, 1, 29:

tali modo,

in such a manner, in such wise, Nep. Att. 21, 1:

nullo modo,

in no wise, by no means, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

omni modo egi cum rege et ago cotidie,

in every way, earnestly, urgently, id. Att. 6, 2, 7: omnibus modis tibi esse rem salvam [p. 1157] ut scias, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 13:

omnibus modis miser sum,

every way, wholly, completely, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 79:

miris modis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; Liv. 1, 57, 6; Hor. C. 2, 17, 21:

mille modis amor ignorandust,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 30:

hoc multis modis reprehendi potest,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82 (v. Madv. ad h. l.); so,

filium multis modis jam exspecto, ut redeat domum,

very much, Ter. Hec. 2, 3, 7; cf.

multimodis: mira miris modis,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 5; cf.

mirimodis: eum tibi commendo in majorem modum,

very much, greatly, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3:

nullo modo,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; Col. 9, 8; Suet. Tit. 2:

bono modo,

moderately, Cato, R. R. 5:

bono modo desiderare aliquid,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3: ejus modi, of that kind, of such a kind or sort (freq.):

ejusmodi sunt tempestates consecutae, ut,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2:

in ejusmodi casu,

id. ib. 5, 33, 4;

6, 34, 7: erant ejusmodi fere situs oppidorum, ut,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

petitionis nostrae hujusmodi ratio est,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; so,

cujusquemodi, cujusdammodi, cujusmodicumque, cuimodi, cuicuimodi, v. Zumpt, § 678: cujusmodi,

of what sort, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 3:

cujuscemodi,

of what sort soever, id. Inv. 2, 45, 134: hujusmodi, hujuscemodi, of this kind, such:

hujusmodi casus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

hujuscemodi verba,

Sall. J. 9 fin.:

illiusmodi,

of that kind, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; so,

istiusmodi amicos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 15.—

In gram., a form of a verb, a voice or mood:

in verbo fiunt soloecismi per genera, tempora, personas, modos, etc.,

Quint. 1, 5, 41: patiendi modus ( the passive voice)... faciendi modus ( the active voice), id. 9, 3, 7; cf. 1, 6, 26.

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quīcumque (or - cunque), quaecumque, quodcumque (also separately:

cum quibus erat cumque una,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 36;

quam se cumque in partem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 16, 59. — Old form of the plur. quescumque, Cato ap. Charis. p. 70 P., and ap. Prisc. p. 960 P.), pron. rel.

Whoever, whatever, whosoever, whatsoever, every one who, every thing that, all that (class.):

quicumque is est, ei me, etc.,

whosoever, Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 8:

quoscumque de te queri audivi, quācumque potui ratione placavi,

whomsoever I have heard complaining, them I have satisfied in every possible way, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4:

petere fortunam, quaecumque accidat,

what fortune soever, Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

ut quodcumque vellet, liceret facere,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1.—Rarely with subj. in orat. rect.:

quocumque haec modo se habeant,

Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 114.—

Absol. (Cic., Cæs., and Sall. always construe quicumque as rel. with its own verb, except in abl. sing.; v. infra; as absol. for quivis or quilibet, freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 706), any whatever, etc.:

te audio (libenter) quācumque de re,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

qui quācumque de causā ad eos venerunt,

Caes. B. C. 6, 23:

quocumque modo,

Sall. J. 103, 3:

laeti quamcunque condicionem paciscendi acceperunt,

Liv. 22, 58, 5:

ubicumque et quācumque matre genitus,

id. 1, 3, 3:

qui de quācumque causā tum aspernati nostra auxilia estis,

id. 45, 23, 6:

quācumque condicione arma viris auferre,

id. 9, 9, 11: quocumque gladiatorio munere prolapsi, Suet. Claud. 34:

Ciceronem cuicunque eorum opponere,

Quint. 10, 1, 105. —In neutr. subst., with gen., whatever, however much:

quodcumque est lucri,

i. e. all the profit, Phaedr. 5, 6, 3: quodcumque militum contrahere poteritis, as many troops as ever you can bring together, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, 4:

quodcunque hoc regni,

all this authority, Verg. A. 1, 78.—When the rel. occurs twice or oftener in the same connection, only qui is repeated:

quaecunque navis ex Asiā, quae ex Syriā, quae, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

hoc quodcumque vides,

Prop. 4, 1, 1.—

In partic., for qualiscumque, howsoever constituted, of whatever kind:

quaecumque mens illa fuit, Gabinii fuit,

Cic. Rab. Post. 8, 21. —

Transf., each or every possible, each, every, all:

quae sanari poterunt, quācumque ratione sanabo,

in every possible way, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

et quocumque modo maluit esse mea,

under all circumstances, Prop. 1, 8, 34 (1, 8, b, 8):

de quācumque causā,

Liv. 45, 23.

quīcumque (or - cunque), quaecumque, quodcumque (also separately:

cum quibus erat cumque una,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 36;

quam se cumque in partem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 16, 59. — Old form of the plur. quescumque, Cato ap. Charis. p. 70 P., and ap. Prisc. p. 960 P.), pron. rel.

Whoever, whatever, whosoever, whatsoever, every one who, every thing that, all that (class.):

quicumque is est, ei me, etc.,

whosoever, Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 8:

quoscumque de te queri audivi, quācumque potui ratione placavi,

whomsoever I have heard complaining, them I have satisfied in every possible way, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4:

petere fortunam, quaecumque accidat,

what fortune soever, Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

ut quodcumque vellet, liceret facere,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1.—Rarely with subj. in orat. rect.:

quocumque haec modo se habeant,

Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 114.—

Absol. (Cic., Cæs., and Sall. always construe quicumque as rel. with its own verb, except in abl. sing.; v. infra; as absol. for quivis or quilibet, freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 706), any whatever, etc.:

te audio (libenter) quācumque de re,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

qui quācumque de causā ad eos venerunt,

Caes. B. C. 6, 23:

quocumque modo,

Sall. J. 103, 3:

laeti quamcunque condicionem paciscendi acceperunt,

Liv. 22, 58, 5:

ubicumque et quācumque matre genitus,

id. 1, 3, 3:

qui de quācumque causā tum aspernati nostra auxilia estis,

id. 45, 23, 6:

quācumque condicione arma viris auferre,

id. 9, 9, 11: quocumque gladiatorio munere prolapsi, Suet. Claud. 34:

Ciceronem cuicunque eorum opponere,

Quint. 10, 1, 105. —In neutr. subst., with gen., whatever, however much:

quodcumque est lucri,

i. e. all the profit, Phaedr. 5, 6, 3: quodcumque militum contrahere poteritis, as many troops as ever you can bring together, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, 4:

quodcunque hoc regni,

all this authority, Verg. A. 1, 78.—When the rel. occurs twice or oftener in the same connection, only qui is repeated:

quaecunque navis ex Asiā, quae ex Syriā, quae, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

hoc quodcumque vides,

Prop. 4, 1, 1.—

In partic., for qualiscumque, howsoever constituted, of whatever kind:

quaecumque mens illa fuit, Gabinii fuit,

Cic. Rab. Post. 8, 21. —

Transf., each or every possible, each, every, all:

quae sanari poterunt, quācumque ratione sanabo,

in every possible way, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

et quocumque modo maluit esse mea,

under all circumstances, Prop. 1, 8, 34 (1, 8, b, 8):

de quācumque causā,

Liv. 45, 23.