Latin

Alternative forms

• quicquid

Pronoun

quidquid n

1. whatever
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.49

     Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

     Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if they are bearing gifts.

2. whoever it be, everything, anything

Inflection

Related terms

• quisquis

References

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