quamquam
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Reduplication of quam. The original meaning was hypothetically “how(much)ever”; compare quisquis (“whoever”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷaŋ.kʷãː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷaŋ.kʷam]
Conjunction
[edit]quamquam
- though, although, albeit
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 7.13:
- […] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]
- […] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuse as if women concealing behind walls, and […]
- […] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Esperanto: kvankam (learned)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quamquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quamquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quamquam”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]quamquam