quam

Meaning

Adv

1. in what (which) way, to what (which) degree; how, how much, as much as, as far as
2. as
3. than
4. (rare) rather than

Pron

accusative singular feminine of quī

Adj

accusative singular feminine of quī

Pron

accusative singular feminine of quis

Concepts

than

how

whom

as

WHICH the Lord loved

Synonyms

quem

quod

cui

quomodo

quōmodo

Translations

que

que

als

di

que

do que

com

dan

comment

che

hoe

wie

quem

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkʷãː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kʷis, *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂m, accusative of *kʷeh₂, feminine of *kʷos, *kʷís. Compare its masculine form cum (as in tum-tam).
According to L. R. Palmer, "In such a sentence as hic tam beatus est, quam ille the sense of tam beatus could equally be rendered by non beatior. It was presumably by the substitution of equivalent expressions ('contamination'), possibly first in negative expressions, that the illogical quam 'as' came to be used after comparatives."