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quĕmadmŏdum or quĕm ad mŏ-dum , adv.,
I.in what manner, how (cf.: quomodo, quī).
I. Interrog.: facere amicum tibi me potis es sempiternum. Sa. Quemadmodum? Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 36: “si non reliquit: quemadmodum ab eo postea exegisti?” Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: “quem ad modum est adservatus?” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1; 7, 2, 1. —
II. Rel.: “ego omnem rem scio, quemadmodum est,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69: “semper vigilavi, et providi, quemadmodum salvi esse possemus,” Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; Caes. B. G. 1, 36; 6, 43; 3, 16; Nep. Dion, 2, 4.—
B. In partic.
1. Corresp. with sic, ita, etc., just as, as: “quemadmodum urbes magnas viculis praeferundas puto, sic, etc.,” Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3; cf.: “si, quemadmodum soles de ceteris rebus ... sic de amicitiā disputaris,” id. Lael. 4, 16. — Corresp. with ita, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a, 4; Val. Max. 8, 1, 11; with item, Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 110; with eodem modo, id. Fin. 2, 26, 83; “with adaeque,” Liv. 4, 43, 5.—
2. In introducing examples, as, as for instance: “quemadmodum C. Caesar inquit,” Quint. 6, 3, 75; 2, 5, 20; 8, 6, 56; “9, 2, 36 al.: quemadmodum si,” Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.15
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    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.26
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 5.20
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