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quocumque

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From quō + -cumque.

    Adverb

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    quōcumque (not comparable)

    1. wherever, wheresoever, whithersoever
      • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovidius, Tristia 1.3.21:
        quōcumque aspicerēs, lūctūs gemitūsque sonābant
        Wherever you chanced, grief and mourning sounded
      • National motto of the Isle of Man:
        Quocumque jeceris stabitWhithersoever thou mayst cast it, it will stand
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    References

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    • 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.