whoever
whoever
pron.
P. and V. ὅστῐς, ὃς ἄ̆ν (with subj.), ὅστῐς ἄ̆ν (with subj.), Ar. and P. ὁστῐσοῦν, ὅστις περ, P. ὁστισδήποτε, ὁστισδηποτοῦν.
pron.
P. and V. ὅστῐς, ὃς ἄ̆ν (with subj.), ὅστῐς ἄ̆ν (with subj.), Ar. and P. ὁστῐσοῦν, ὅστις περ, P. ὁστισδήποτε, ὁστισδηποτοῦν.
WHOEVER WHOSOEVER
quicumque: quaecumque; quisquis: quaequae. ☞ These pronouns take the indicative not the subjunctive in direct and independent clauses; it is a false refinement of modern Latin writers to use the subjunctive for example in such cases as the following: quamcunque doctrinae partem sibi examinandam sumsisset (Ruhnken) for sumserat; quicunque appeterent (Muretus) for appetebant; quidquid aetas reliquerit (Muretus) for reliquit (Krebs).
quicumque: quaecumque; quisquis: quaequae. ☞ These pronouns take the indicative not the subjunctive in direct and independent clauses; it is a false refinement of modern Latin writers to use the subjunctive for example in such cases as the following: quamcunque doctrinae partem sibi examinandam sumsisset (Ruhnken) for sumserat; quicunque appeterent (Muretus) for appetebant; quidquid aetas reliquerit (Muretus) for reliquit (Krebs).
whoever:
1. quicunque: whoever he is, I profess myself his enemy, quicunque is est, ei me profiteor inimicum, Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3.
2. quisquis: he who shall strike an enemy shall be to me a Carthaginian, whoever he shall be, hostem qui feriet mihi erit Carthaginiensis, quisquis erit, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51: v.WHATEVER .
1. quicunque: whoever he is, I profess myself his enemy, quicunque is est, ei me profiteor inimicum, Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3.
2. quisquis: he who shall strike an enemy shall be to me a Carthaginian, whoever he shall be, hostem qui feriet mihi erit Carthaginiensis, quisquis erit, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51: v.