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quomodo

how

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Where it lives

De Fuga in Persecutione 18 · 33.82/10k
Ad Scapulam 4 · 26.81/10k
Adversus Praxean 36 · 24.35/10k
De Monogamia 16 · 22.91/10k
De Scorpiace 17 · 21.34/10k
De Otio 4 · 20.4/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 38 · 16.77/10k
De Carne Christi 15 · 15.78/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 172 · 14.44/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 15 · 13.51/10k
De Oratione 6 · 13.37/10k
De Patientia 6 · 13.25/10k

Densest 12 of 79 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. quomodo — de Vaan

quomodo 'how' (P1.+), modulus 'unit of measurement' (Varro+), modicus 'moderate, limited' (PL+); commodus 'convenient, favourable' (PL+), commodore 'to provide, put at the disposal' (P1.+), commoditas 'opportuneness, advantage' (PL+), commodulum, -e [adv.] 'fairly suitably' (PL+), accomodare 'to fit, apply' (P1.+X — [de Vaan, s.v. quomodo, p. 398]

2. quō-mŏdŏ — Lewis & Short

quō-mŏdŏ, or quō mŏdŏ (in tmesi:

I quo tu me modo voles esse, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 48; Curt. 6, 4, 14), adv., in what manner, in what way, how.

I Interrog.: Quomodo? Quantum poposcerit Apronius? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25: Maecenas quomodo tecum? Hor. S. 1, 9, 43: quomodo palam factum est verbum istud? Vulg. Exod. 2, 14: at scin, quo modo tibi res se habet? Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 8: cum fratre, an sine eo cum filio, an quomodo? Cic. Att. 8, 3, 5.—

B In exclamations: quomodo se venditant Caesari! Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1: quomodo mortem filii tulit! id. Lael. 2, 9.—

II Rel.: non meminisse nos ratus, quomodo trecentos Philippos vilico dederis, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 54: haec negotia quomodo se habeant, ne epistula quidem narrare audeo, Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 1: quomodo homines non inepti loquuntur, id. ib. 7, 5, 3: quo modo nunc se istorum artes habent, id. de Or. 2, 32, 140: se aliquam rationem inituros, quomodo ab Hispanis sumant, Liv. 23, 48.—

B Esp. corresp. to sic, in what manner, in the same manner, even as: et quo modo hoc est consequens illi, sic illud huic. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 18: quo modo in omni vită praecipitur, sic, id. Off. 1, 38, 136.—

III Indef. for quocumque modo, in whatever way: quo modo potuissem, te convenissem, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1 (B. and K. ex conj. quoquo modo).

In the wild

quomodo Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.7.30
quomodo Tertullian, Apologeticum 21.14
quomodo Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 54
quomodo Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 p17
quomodo Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.24
quomodo Seneca, De Ira 2.27.3

6 of 966 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. quomodo (scan p. 398; entry #1070).

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