quicumque

== Latin == === Alternative forms === quīcunque quī ... cumque (with tmesis/diacope) === Etymology === From quī +‎ -cumque; quīcunque is a later development reflecting the assimilated pronunciation. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷiːˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷiˈkum.kʷe] === Pronoun === quīcumque (feminine quaecumque, neuter quodcumque); relative pronoun with an indeclinable portion whoever, whosoever; whatever, whatsoever ==== Usage notes ==== quīcumque is used both adjectivally and substantivally. Cato is cited with the archaic plural form quescumque (from ques). ==== Declension ==== Relative/interrogative determiner with an indeclinable portion. 1Republican Latin.2Quī is occasionally used as an ablative singular, whence quīcum (“with whom”); it was originally preferred in instrumental meanings. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Quicumque vult, Quicunque vult === References === “quīcumque (or -cunque), quaecumque, quodcumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “quīcumque (not -cunque), quaecumque, quodcumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “quīcumquĕ (-cunquĕ), quæc-, quodc-”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1298.