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quicumque
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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., Caes., 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.
* 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.
* 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., Caes., 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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