quomodo

English

Etymology

From Latin quōmodo (In what way?).

Noun

quomodo (plural quomodos)

  1. (obsolete) The means, way, or method (of doing something).

Latin

Etymology

From quō modō (in what way).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷoː.mo.do/, [ˈkʷoː.mɔ.dɔ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwo.mo.do/, [ˈkwoː.mo.do]

Adverb

quōmodo

  1. (interrogative) how, in what way
    Quomodo vales?
    How are you?

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References

  • quomodo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quomodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to detail the whole history of an affair: ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
    • as the proverb says: ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
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