whosoever
whosoever
pron.
See whoever.
pron.
See whoever.
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).