QUAE, quae
Sounds Like: KWAH-eh
Translations: who, which, what, that
From the root: QUI
Part of Speech: Pronoun, Adjective
Explanation: QUAE is an inflected form of the Latin pronoun and adjective QUI. It can function as a relative pronoun, an interrogative pronoun, or an interrogative adjective. As a relative pronoun, it introduces a clause that refers back to a noun or pronoun in the main clause, meaning 'who,' 'which,' or 'that.' As an interrogative pronoun, it asks a question, meaning 'who' or 'what.' As an interrogative adjective, it modifies a noun, meaning 'which' or 'what.' Its specific meaning depends on the context and the gender/number of the noun it refers to or replaces.
Inflection: Feminine Singular Nominative; Feminine Plural Nominative; Neuter Plural Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 5:53, 5:55, 5:57, 5:62, 6:78, 7:81, 8:90, 8:92, 8:106, 8:107, 8:108, 9:109, 9:111
- Book Two — 5:53, 5:55, 5:57, 5:62, 6:78, 7:81, 8:90, 8:92, 8:106, 8:107, 8:108, 9:109, 9:111
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:3
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
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.
- CUI — (to) whom, (for) whom, whose, (to) which, (for) which, of which
- CUIUS — (of) whom, (of) which, (of) what, whose
- 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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