utcumque
χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος → you tortoises are fortunate in your skin, you blessed turtles with your shell
Latin > English
utcumque ADV :: whatever, as far as; in whatever manner/degree. no matter how/to what extent
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ut-cumque: (-cunq-; ante-class. ut quomque), adv.
I In what way soever, howsoever, however (class.).
A Conjunctive, with independent verb and correl.-clause: (orator) utcumque se affectum videri et animum audientis moveri volet, ita, etc., Cic. Or. 17, 55: utquomque animo conlubitumst meo, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 187: utquomque in alto ventus est, id. Ep. 1, 1, 47: utcumque erit, juvabit tamen, etc., Liv. praef. § 3: utcumque esset igitur, id. 32, 9, 11: utcumque res sese habet, id. 37, 54, 7; 42, 40, 3: utcumque casura res est, Tac. A. 6, 8: infelix! utcumque ferent ea facta minores, Verg. A. 6, 822: utcumque se ea res habuit, Tac. A. 1, 5: utcumque res postularet, Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11: utcumque aut locus opportunitatem daret, aut, etc., Liv. 21, 35, 2.—
B Simply limiting a verb or adj., in any way whatever, in one way or another (not anteAug.): quae dubiis in rebus utcumque tolerata essent, ea non ultra pati, Liv. 29, 15, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.: gaudentes utcumque compositā cum Philippo pace, id. 31, 15, 10. —So ellipt.: sed utcumque, seu injuncta seu suscepta foret militia, et eam exhaustam, etc., however it might be, Liv. 32, 3, 4; 45, 8, 5: ea quoque temptata utcumque, id. 42, 66, 3: dum utcumque explicaretur agmen, id. 42, 66, 7: committendam rerum summam in discrimen utcumque ratus, id. 33, 7, 10: arduum et impeditum saxis iter primo utcumque tolerabant, Curt. 8, 2, 34: intellegitur enim utcumque dictum, Quint. 3, 6, 6: tamen esset (securitas) utcumque tolerabilis, id. 2, 3, 4; 4, 1, 21; 2, 5, 11; Suet. Tib. 11: adeo difficilis est hominibus utcumque conceptae spei mora, Vell. 2, 67, 1.—
II (Acc. to ut, I. B. 5.) At whatever time, whenever, = quandocumque (rare): utcumque exaestuat aut deficit mare, Liv. 26, 42, 8: utcumque defecere mores, Indecorant bene nata culpae, Hor. C. 4, 4, 35: ibimus, ibimus, Utcumque praecedes, id. ib. 2, 17, 11; cf.: utcumque mecum vos eritis, libens Insanientem navita Bosporum Temptabo, id. ib. 3, 4, 29.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
utcumquĕ¹⁰ (-cunquĕ, arch. -quomquĕ),
1 adv. relatif indéterminé : a) de quelque manière que : utcumque... volet, ita admovebit Cic. Or. 55, selon la manière, quelle qu’elle soit, dont il voudra..., il emploiera... ; utcumque res sese habet Liv. 37, 54, 7, comment qu’il en soit, quoi qu’il en soit ; utcumque se ea res habuit Tac. Ann. 1, 5, quoi qu’il en ait été || [avec ellipse du verbe] = quoi qu’il en soit : Liv. 32, 3, 4 ; b) selon que : Liv. 26, 42, 8 ; c) chaque fois que : Hor. O. 1, 17, 10 ; 2, 17, 11 ; 3, 4, 29
2 adv. indéfini, de toute façon, bon gré mal gré : Liv. 29, 15, Sen. Ep. 19, 8, 1 || en tout cas : Liv. 28, 29, 4 ; gaudentes utcumque composita pace Liv. 31, 15, 10, se réjouissant de la paix conclue vaille que vaille ; cf. Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 20, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
ut-cumque (-cunque), Adv., I) wie nur immer, wie auch nur, utcumque se videri volet, Cic.: id ipsum utcumque libebit, nach Belieben, Cic.: cetera utcumque facilius dissimulari, Tac.: utcumque animum cogitationemque collegi, so gut wie nur immer möglich, Plin. ep.: u. so quae dubiis in rebus utcumque tolerata essent, ea etc., Liv.: securitas esset utcumque tolerabilis, Quint.: corpore regio utcumque mulcato, Liv. – II) sobald nur, wenn nur, utcumque mecum vos eritis, Hor. carm. 3, 4, 29; vgl. 2, 17, 11 u. 4, 4, 35.