quĕmadmŏdum or quĕm ad mŏ-dum, adv., 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? id. 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.