quicum

Latin

Etymology

From quī (“who”) +‎ -cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiː.kum/, [ˈkʷiːkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwi.kum/, [ˈkwiːkum]

Adverb

quīcum (not comparable)

1. (relative) with whom

   Quīcum concordissimē vīxerat.

   With whom he lived most lovingly.

2. (interrogative) with whom?

   Quīcum loquitur fīlius?

   With whom does my son talk?

   • c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 317:

     quicum litigas, Olympio?

     Who are you quarreling with, Olympias?

References

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