different between quoth vs quo

English

Etymology

From Middle English quoth, quath, from Old English cwæþ (first and third person past indicative of cweþan (“to say, speak to, address, exhort, admonish”)), from Proto-Germanic *kwaþ (first and third person past indicative of Proto-Germanic *kweþan? (“to say”)).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

quoth

1. (archaic or literary, now defective) simple past tense of quethe; said

Verb

quoth (third-person singular simple present quoth, no present participle, simple past and past participle quoth)

1. (defective, modal, auxiliary) to say

Usage notes

Quoth is considered a defective verb because it is now the only recognizable form of the verb quethe, all other forms of which are obsolete. Quoth almost always comes before the subject, usually in the form "quoth he/she." It also often comes after the object, which is whatever is being said by the subject, written between quotation marks. It can also be inserted in the middle of an object phrase, where "quoth [subject]" is separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.

See also

• quote
• say

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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