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quomodo.

in what manner or way?; how?

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈkʷoː.mɔ.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷoː.mɔ.dɔ]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷɔː.mo.do]
  1. in what manner or way?; how?

    interrogative · not-comparable
  2. in what manner or way?; how? how is that possible (that)?

    interrogative · not-comparable
  3. in what condition or circumstances? how?

    not-comparable
    Quōmodo tibi rēs sē habet?
  4. in what condition or circumstances? how? Used in warnings, threats and exclamations.

    not-comparable
    At scīn' quōmodo?
    Sed quōmodo dissimulabat!
  5. in the same manner or way as; how, like in the manner in which, just as, just like

    not-comparable · relative
  6. in the same manner or way as; how, like by means of which, using which

    not-comparable · relative · with-subjunctive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quī Latin quō Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin modō Latin quomodo Univerbation of quō (“what”, abl. sg.) + modō (“manner, way”, abl. sg.). /kō-/ variants first attested in Pompeii. /d/-less variants (through allegro-speech consonant elision or some kind of metanalysis) securely attested from mid-1st c. CE onwards. Forms in /-ī/ likely by analogy with cuius-/eiusmodī.

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