quidquid

Latin

Alternative forms

• quicquid

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷid.kʷid/, [ˈkʷɪkːʷɪd̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwid.kwid/, [ˈkwid̪kwid̪]

Pronoun

quidquid n

1. whatever
   1. quidquid id est, Whatever it is
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.49:

        Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

        Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if they are bearing gifts.

2. whoever it be, everything, anything

Declension

Relative/interrogative pronoun

	singular	plural
nominative	quidquid quicquid	quaequae
genitive	cuiuscuius	quōrumquōrum
dative	cuicui	quibusquibus quīsquīs
accusative	quidquid quicquid	quaequae
ablative	quōquō	quibusquibus quīsquīs
vocative	quidquid quicquid	quaequae

Related terms

• quisquis

References

• “quidquid”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quidquid”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quidquid in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.