QUEM, quem
Sounds Like: KWEM
Translations: whom, which, that
From the root: QUI
Part of Speech: Pronoun
Explanation: This word is an accusative singular form of the Latin relative or interrogative pronoun 'qui'. It is used to refer to a person or thing that is the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions. It can be masculine or feminine. For example, 'vir quem vidi' means 'the man whom I saw'.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 10:3
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
- QUAE — who, which, what, 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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