different between quo vs quod

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /kw??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kwo?/

Verb

quo

1. (transitive, obsolete) quoth

Ido

Etymology

From qua +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwo/, /kw?/

Pronoun

quo (plural qui)

1. (relative pronoun) which

2. (interrogative pronoun) what

   (direct question)

   (indirect question)

Related terms

• qua (“who (person)”)
• qui (“who (plural)”)
• pro quo (“why”)

See also

• ube (“where”)
• kande (“when”)
• quala (“what kind of”)
  • quale (“how”)
• quanta (“how much”)
  • quanto (“quantity”)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?o?/, [k?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwo/, [kw?]

Etymology 1

Adverb declined from qu?. See also the same meanings in ub?.

Adverb

qu? (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) whither, whereto, where

2. (relative / interrogative) To or in which place, whither, where
3. To what end, for what purpose, wherefore, why
4. To the end that, in order that, so that, that

   (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11)

(This replaces ut when there is a comparative in the subordinate clause of purpose.)

Derived terms

• qu?cumque
• qu?minus
• qu?quam
• n?n qu?
• n? qu?
• status qu?

Related terms

Etymology 2

Inflection of qu? (“who, which”).

Pronoun

qu?

1. ablative masculine singular of qu?
2. ablative neuter singular of qu?

Adjective

qu?

1. ablative masculine singular of qu?
2. ablative neuter singular of qu?

Etymology 3

Inflection of quis (“who?, what?”).

Pronoun

qu?

1. ablative masculine singular of quis
2. ablative feminine singular of quis
3. ablative neuter singular of quis

References

• quo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Yola

Verb

quo

1. Alternative form of co

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of quadrangle; originally (17th century) referring to the quadrangles of Newgate Prison, London.

Noun

quod (countable and uncountable, plural quods)

1. (countable) A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison.
   • 1863, Punch, quoted in 1995, Seán McConville, English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only to Death, page 69,

     […] not the poorer classes merely, but the rich will be desirous to enjoy the mingled luxury and comfort of a gaol: and we shall hear of blasé Swells become burglars and garotters as a prelude to a prison, and, instead of taking tours for restoration of their health, recruiting it more cheaply by a residence in quod.

   • 1878, John Wrathall Bull, Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia, page 264,

     […] and declined their escort, desiring to be conducted to “quod” by the gallant South Australian police, […] .

   • 2000, R.I.C. Publications, Workbook E: Society and Environment, page 48,

     From 1855-1903 a chapel was built, the boat shed and holding cell constructed, Government House was constructed as a summer residence for the Governor and the Quod (slang for prison) was constructed.

   • 2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 202,

     Pity McNamara?s still doing his stretch in the quod, but he?ll be out soon.

2. (uncountable, Australia, slang) Confinement in a prison.
   • c. 1894, Acquaintance of Norman Lindsay, quoted in 2005, James Cockington, Banned: Tales From the Bizarre History of Australian Obscenity, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, paperback ?ISBN, page 7,

     I don?t suppose you'll get more than a couple of months? quod for them.

Translations

Alternative forms

• quad

Verb

quod (third-person singular simple present quods, present participle quodding, simple past and past participle quodded)

1. (slang, archaic) To confine in prison.

Etymology 2

Verb

quod

1. (obsolete) Quoth.
   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Summoner?s Prologue and Tale, The Canterbury Tales, 2009, Robert Boenig, Andrew Taylor (editors), The Canterbury Tales: A Selection, page 190,

     “No fors,” quod he, “but tel me al youre grief.”

   • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments, 1868, The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period, Volume 8, Part 1, page 422,

     “Why,” quod her friend, “would ye not willingly have gone with your company, if God should so have suffered it?”

   • 1908, James Gairdner, Lollardy and the Reformation in England: An Historical Survey, 2010, Cambridge University Press, page 416,

     “And therefore I have granted to their request,” quod the King; […] .

Latin

Etymology

Inflection of qu? (“who, which”), corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *k?od, whence also Old English hwæt (English what).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?od/, [k??d?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwod/, [kw?d?]

Pronoun

quod

1. nominative neuter singular of qu?
2. accusative neuter singular of qu?

Conjunction

quod

1. which
2. because
3. until
4. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) that (in indirect speech)

Related terms

• quid

Descendants

References

• quod in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quod in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quod in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quod in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.