quamquam

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Reduplication of quam. The original meaning was hypothetically “how(much)ever”; compare quisquis (whoever).

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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quamquam

  1. though, although, albeit
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.393–394:
      At pius Aenēās, quamquam lēnīre dolentem
      sōlandō cupit et dictīs āvertere cūrās, [...].
      But dutiful Aeneas, although he desires to relieve [Dido’s] grief by comforting her, and say more to turn aside her anguish, [...].
Synonyms
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  1. etsi, tamen
Descendants
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  • Esperanto: kvankam (learned)

See also

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Further reading

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  • quamquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quamquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quamquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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quamquam

  1. accusative feminine singular of quisquis