quandocumque

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quandō-cumquē or -cunquē (quandŏ - cumque, Ter. Maur. p. 2404 P.; separated: quando consumet cumque, Hor. S. 1, 9, 33), adv.

I Rel. , at what time soever , at whatever time , whenever , as often as , as soon as (mostly poet.).

A With indic.: quandocumque ista gens suas litteras dabit, Cato ap. Plin. 29, 1, 7, § 14: quandocumque igitur vitam mea fata reposcant, Prop. 2, 1, 71: quandocumque trahunt invisa negotia Romam, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 17; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 58: quandocunque fors obtulerat, Auct. B. Alex. 22.—

B With subj.: si Olympias mater immortalitati consecretur, quandocumque excesserit vita, Curt. 9, 6, 26; 10, 8, 10; Prop. 2, 1, 71.—

II Indef. , at some time or other , in due time : quandocumque mihi poenas dabis, Ov. M. 6, 544; id. Tr. 3, 1, 57; Hor. S. 1, 9, 33; Cels. 4, 19.

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