English

Verb

quo

1. (transitive, archaic) quoth

Ido

Etymology

From qua +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwo/, /kwɔ/

Pronoun

quo ‎(plural qui)

1. (relative pronoun) which

   Esis tre bona kultelo quo me tranchis per.‎ ― It was really good knife which I cut with.

2. (interrogative pronoun) what

   Quo eventis?‎ ― What (thing) happened? (direct question)

   Ka tu povas helpar me decidar quo metar?‎ ― Can you help me to decide what to wear? (indirect question)

Related terms

• qua ‎(“who (person)”)
• qui ‎(“who (plural)”)
• pro quo ‎(“why”)

See also

• ube ‎(“where”)
• kande ‎(“when”)
• quala ‎(“what kind of”)
  • quale ‎(“how”)
• quanta ‎(“how much”)
  • quanto ‎(“quantity”)

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb declined from quī. See also the same meanings in ubī.

Adverb

quō ‎(not comparable)

1. (interrogative) whither, whereto, where

   Quo vadis, domine?‎

   Where are you going, lord?

2. (relative/ interrogative) To or in which place, whither, where
3. To what end, for what purpose, wherefore, why
4. To the end that, in order that, so that, that

   Multum currit, quo validior fiat.‎

   He runs a lot to become healthier.

   (This replaces ut when there is a comparative in the subordinate clause of purpose.)

Derived terms

• quōcumque
• quōminus
• non quo
• ne quo
• status quo

Etymology 2

Inflection of quī ‎(“who, which”).

Pronoun

quō

1. ablative masculine singular of quī
2. ablative neuter singular of quī

Adjective

quō

1. ablative masculine singular of quī
2. ablative neuter singular of quī

Etymology 3

Inflection of quis ‎(“who?, what?”).

Pronoun

quō

1. ablative masculine singular of quis
2. ablative feminine singular of quis
3. ablative neuter singular of quis

References

• quo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) where are you going: quo tendis?
    
  • (ambiguous) since the time that, since (at the beginning of a sentence): ex quo tempore or simply ex quo
    
  • (ambiguous) Pericles, the greatest man of his day: Pericles, quo nemo tum fuit clarior
    
  • (ambiguous) how are you getting on: quo loco res tuae sunt?
    
  • (ambiguous) from this point of view; similarly: quo in genere
    
  • (ambiguous) by some chance or other: nescio quo casu (with Indic.)
    
  • (ambiguous) to determine the nature and constitution of the subject under discussion: constituere, quid et quale sit, de quo disputetur
    
  • (ambiguous) to bring forward a proof of the immortality of the soul: argumentum afferre, quo animos immortales esse demonstratur
    
  • (ambiguous) it follows from this that..: sequitur (not ex quo seq.) ut
    
  • (ambiguous) it follows from this that..: ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
    
  • (ambiguous) the point at issue: id, de quo agitur or id quod cadit in controversiam
    
  • (ambiguous) to set some one a theme for discussion: ponere alicui, de quo disputet
    
  • (ambiguous) from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo intellegitur or intellegi potest, debet
    
  • (ambiguous) from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo perspicuum est