quidquid

quidquid

Latin

Alternative forms

• quicquid

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷid.kʷid/, [ˈkᶣɪd.kᶣɪd]

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

Inflection

With assimilation	Without assimilation
Case Singular Plural Nominative quicquid quaequae Genitive cuiuscuius quōrumquōrum Dative cuicui quibusquibus Accusative quicquid quaequae Ablative quōquō quibusquibus Vocative quicquid quaequae	Case Singular Plural Nominative quidquid quaequae Genitive cuiuscuius quōrumquōrum Dative cuicui quibusquibus Accusative quidquid quaequae Ablative quōquō quibusquibus Vocative quidquid 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