"cui" meaning in Latin

See cui in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: [ˈkʊj] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkuj] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin quoi /quoei /quoiei, inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷojjei. Etymology templates: {{yesno|1|i|I}} i, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kʷoi|*kʷojjei||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Italic *kʷojjei, {{inh+|la|itc-pro|*kʷoi|*kʷojjei|nocap=1}} inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷojjei Head templates: {{head|la|determiner form}} cui
  1. (interrogative) dative singular of quī (“to what? to which?”) Tags: dative, form-of, interrogative, singular Form of: quī (extra: to what? to which?)
    Sense id: en-cui-la-det-NwYG7nZh Categories (other): Latin links with manual fragments, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 7 11 0 11 11 10 10 8 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 0 17 16 15 15 10 3 3 3 3 2 5 0 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: [ˈkʊj] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkuj] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin quoi /quoei /quoiei, inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷojjei. Etymology templates: {{yesno|1|i|I}} i, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kʷoi|*kʷojjei||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Italic *kʷojjei, {{inh+|la|itc-pro|*kʷoi|*kʷojjei|nocap=1}} inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷojjei Head templates: {{head|la|pronoun form}} cui
  1. (relative) dative singular of quī (“to whom, to which”) Tags: dative, form-of, relative, singular Form of: quī (extra: to whom, to which)
    Sense id: en-cui-la-pron-dLflK~ss Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 7 11 0 11 11 10 10 8 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 0 17 16 15 15 10 3 3 3 3 2 5 0 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: [ˈkʊj] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkuj] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin quoi /quoei /quoiei, see quis. Head templates: {{head|la|pronoun form}} cui
  1. (interrogative); dative singular of quis (“to whom? to which?”) Tags: dative, form-of, interrogative, singular Form of: quis (extra: to whom? to which?) Related terms: cui bono (english: to whose benefit?) [literally], cui malo (english: to whose suffering?) [literally]
    Sense id: en-cui-la-pron-rSvfQ10C Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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