quomodo

English

Etymology

From Latin quōmodo (“In what way?”).

Noun

quomodo (plural quomodos)

(obsolete) The means, way, or method (of doing something).
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292, book VII:
  
  Mr Northerton was desirous of departing that evening, and nothing remained for him but to contrive the quomodo, which appeared to be a matter of some difficulty.

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

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

Synonyms

(how): quemadmodum

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: cum
Asturian: cómo
Catalan: com
English: quomodo
French: comme, comment
Friulian: cemût
Galician: como
Ido: kom
Istriot: cume
Italian: come

Norman: coume (France), coument (France)
Occitan: coma
Old Portuguese: como
Picard: conme, kmint
Portuguese: como
Romanian: cum
Romansh: co, cu
Sardinian: comente, comenti, cumenti
Sicilian: comu
Spanish: como, cómo
Walloon: kimint, comint

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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