quam

quam Vorlage:lat.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷam/, [kʷä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwam/, [kwäm]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kʷis, *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂m, accusative of *kʷeh₂, feminine of *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare its masculine form cum (as in tum-tam).

"In such a sentence as hic tam beatus est, quam ille the sense of tam beatus could equally be rendered by non beatior. It was presumably by the substitution of equivalent expressions ('contamination'), possibly first in negative expressions, that the illogical quam 'as' came to be used after comparatives."

Alternative forms

• quamde, quande

Adverb

quam

1. in what (which) way, to what (which) degree; how, how much, as much as, as far as (after superlative adjectives and adverbs)

   quam potuit.

1. In what way/ to what degree/ how/ how much/ as much as/ as far as he could.

Etymology 2

See quī (relative pronoun and interrogative adjective).

Pronoun

quam

1. accusative singular feminine of quī

Adjective

quam

1. accusative singular feminine of quī

Etymology 3

See quis (pronoun).

Pronoun

quam

1. accusative singular feminine of quis