quemadmodum

LatinEdit

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

quemadmodum (not comparable)

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

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ReferencesEdit

  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • as the proverb says: ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur