quemadmodum

Latin

Alternative forms
  • quem ad modum

Etymology

Univerbation of quī (“what”) +‎ ad (“according to”) +‎ modus (“manner, way”), showing a type of fronting also known as the magnā cum laude-construction.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷem ˈad.mo.dum/, [kʷɛ̃ˑ ˈäd̪mɔd̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwem ˈad.mo.dum/, [kwɛm ˈäd̪mod̪um]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwem ad ˈmo.dum/, [kwɛm äd̪ ˈmɔːd̪um]

Adverb

quemadmodum (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) how, in what manner
  2. (relative) as, just as, as when
  3. (relative) for instance

Synonyms
Latin correlatives (edit)
typeinterrogativeindefinite(medial)
demonstrative		proximal
demonstrative		distal
demonstrative		relativeindefinite
relative		identityother
basic quis, quīquis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllusis, iste, istichicille, illicquīquisquis, quīcumqueipse, īdemalter, alius
dual uteralteruter, uterqueuterutercumque
number quotaliquottotquotquotquot, quotcumquetotidem
order quotustotusquotusquotuscumque
quantity quamaliquamtamquam†quamquam†tamen, †tandem
size quantusaliquantustantusquantusquantuscumquetantusdem
quality quālisaliquālistālisquālisquālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modōita, sic, eō/istō modōhōc modōillō modōut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutut, utcumque, quōmodocumqueitem, itidemaliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path,
place		 quāaliquā, quāqueeā, istāchācillācquāquāquā, quācumqueeādemaliā
place ubialicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiamibi, istichīcillīcubiubiubi, ubicumqueibidemalibī, aliās
source undealicunde, undeundeinde, istinchincillincundeundecumqueindidemaliunde
destination quō, quōrsumaliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsumeō, istūc, °istōrsumhūc, °hōrsumillūc, °illōrsumquōquōquō, quōcumqueeōdemaliō, aliorsum
time quandōquondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquamtum, tuncnum, nuncōlimcum, quandōcumque, quandōcumque, quandōquesimulaliās
exact time quota hōraea/ista hōrahac hōrailla hōraquota hōraquotacumque hōraeadem hōraaltera/alia hōra
repetition quotiēnsaliquotiēnstotiēnsquotiēnsquotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplextotuplexquotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare

References
  • “quemadmodum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quemadmodum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • as the proverb says: ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
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