CUI, cui
Sounds Like: KOO-ee
Translations: (to) whom, (for) whom, whose, (to) which, (for) which, of which
From the root: QUI
Part of Speech: Pronoun
Explanation: CUI is the dative and genitive singular form of the Latin relative pronoun QUI (who, which) and interrogative pronoun QUIS (who, what). As a dative, it indicates the indirect object, meaning 'to whom' or 'for whom/which'. As a genitive, it indicates possession or relationship, meaning 'whose' or 'of which'. It can refer to people or things and is used in both questions and relative clauses.
Inflection: Dative or Genitive, Singular, All genders
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, QUI.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- CUIUS — (of) whom, (of) which, (of) what, whose
- QUAE — who, which, what, that
- QUEM — whom, which, that
- QUI — who, which, what, a who, a which, a what
- QUIBUS — (to) whom, (for) whom, (to) which, (for) which, (by) whom, (with) whom, (from) whom, (by) which, (with) which, (from) which
- QUOS — whom, which, those whom, those which
- QUOSCUMQUE — whomsoever, whatever (plural), whatsoever (plural)
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