I. Rel., of what quality soever, of whatever kind (class.).
A. With verb: “licet videre, qualescumque summi civitatis viri fuerunt, talem civitatem fuisse,” Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 31: “sed homines benevolos, qualescumque sunt, grave est insequi contumeliā,” be they as they may, id. Att. 14, 14, 5. —
B. Absol. by ellipsis of verb, in emphatic expressions (v. Zumpt, § “706): qualicumque urbis statu sisti potuisse,” Liv. 2, 44, 10: “pluris qualemcunque vitam honestā morte aestimare,” Curt. 5, 8, 6: “si libertatem sequimur, qui locus hoc dominatu vacat? Sin qualemcunque locum, etc.,” Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; id. Att. 9, 6, 4: “imperatores voto expetere, qualescumque tolerare,” Tac. H. 4, 8; id. A. 11, 4: “carmina lector Commendet dulci qualiacumque sono,” Ov. A. A. 2, 283; Liv. 38, 9, 2; Quint. 9, 10, 1; 11, 1, 14; Curt. 5, 9, 12; Suet. Calig. 8; Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141. —
II. Transf., indef., any without exception, any whatever: “sin qualemcumque locum sequimur, quae est domestica sede jucundior?” Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; Manil. 2, 856. — Hence, adv.: quālĭtercumquē or -cunquē , in what way soever, howsoever, be it as it may (post-Aug.), i. q. utcunque, Col. 2, 10, 2: “proeliare,” Just. 2, 11, 11; Flor. 3, 19, 1; Col. 11, 3, 34; Dig. 27, 1, 21.
