quotusquisque

Latin

Etymology

From quotus +‎ quisque.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷɔ.tʊsˈkʷɪs.kʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷo.tusˈkʷis.kʷe]

Adjective

quotusquisque m (feminine quotaquaeque, neuter qotumquidque)

1. how few, how little a number
   • 54 BCE, Cicero, Pro Plancio XXV.62:

     Quotus enim quisque disertus, quotus quisque iuris peritus est, ut eos numeres qui volunt esse?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullianus, Apologeticus XLII:

     Certe, inquitis, templorum vectigalia quotidie decoquunt, stipes quotusquisque jam jactat?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective with a relative/interrogative determiner with an indeclinable portion.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	quotusquisque	quotaquaeque	quotumquidque		quotīquīque1	quotaequaeque	quotaquaeque
genitive	quotīcuiusque1	quotaecuiusque1	quotīcuiusque1		quotōrumquōrumque	quotārumquārumque	quotōrumquōrumque
dative	quotōcuique1	quotaecuique1	quotōcuique1		quotīsquibusque quotīsquīsque1
accusative	quotumquemque	quotamquamque	quotumquidque		quotōsquōsque	quotāsquāsque	quotaquaeque
ablative	quotōquōque	quotāquāque	quotōquōque		quotīsquibusque quotīsquīsque1
vocative	—				—

¹In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms of quī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or plural quī (old spelling quei), the genitive singular cuius (old spelling quoius), the dative singular cui (old spelling quoi or quoiei), the dative/ablative plural quīs (old spelling queis).
Neuter forms are not attested classically.

Further reading

• “quotusquisque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quotusquisque”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.