The corpus record — Latin

quemadmodum

quemadmodum · adv

in what manner

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Where it lives

De Architectura 125 · 21.68/10k
Tacitus 5 · 16.2/10k
De Fide Catholica 3 · 15.56/10k
Quomodo Substantiae in Eo Quod Sint Bonae Sint Cum Non Sint Substantialia Bona 2 · 14.57/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 173 · 14.52/10k
Probus 5 · 12.13/10k
De Beneficiis 51 · 11.22/10k
De Vita Beata 8 · 11.01/10k
De Otio 2 · 10.2/10k
De Monogamia 7 · 10.02/10k
Antoninus Caracallus 2 · 9.79/10k
De Ira 19 · 8.52/10k

Densest 12 of 88 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

quĕmadmŏdum — Lewis & Short

quĕmadmŏdum or quĕm ad mŏ-dum, adv.,

I in what manner, how (cf.: quomodo, quī).

I Interrog.: facere amicum tibi me potis es sempiternum. Sa. Quemadmodum? Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 36: si non reliquit: quemadmodum ab eo postea exegisti? Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: quem ad modum est adservatus? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1; 7, 2, 1. —

II Rel.: ego omnem rem scio, quemadmodum est, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69: semper vigilavi, et providi, quemadmodum salvi esse possemus, Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; Caes. B. G. 1, 36; 6, 43; 3, 16; Nep. Dion, 2, 4.—

B In partic.

1 Corresp. with sic, ita, etc., just as, as: quemadmodum urbes magnas viculis praeferundas puto, sic, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3; cf.: si, quemadmodum soles de ceteris rebus ... sic de amicitiā disputaris, id. Lael. 4, 16. — Corresp. with ita, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a, 4; Val. Max. 8, 1, 11; with item, Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 110; with eodem modo, id. Fin. 2, 26, 83; with adaeque, Liv. 4, 43, 5.—

2 In introducing examples, as, as for instance: quemadmodum C. Caesar inquit, Quint. 6, 3, 75; 2, 5, 20; 8, 6, 56; 9, 2, 36 al.: quemadmodum si, Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 1.

In the wild

quemadmodum Historia Augusta, Maximus et Balbinus 7
Quemadmodum Seneca, De Beneficiis 3.16.4
quemadmodum Vitruvius, De Architectura 4.6.6.p2
quemadmodum Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.15.1
Quemadmodum Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 8.71.31
Quemadmodum Seneca, De Beneficiis 3.5.1

6 of 743 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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