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.
