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1 Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
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2 quantus
quantus, a, um, adj. [quam], how great.A.Bellum, Nep. Dat. 5, 1:B.calamitates,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:homo in dicendo,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 51:gravitas,
Vell. 2, 129, 2.—Corresp. with tantus:videre mihi videor tantam dimicationem, quanta numquam fuit,
Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2.—With sup.:tanta est inter eos, quanta maxima esse potest, morum studiorumque distantia,
the greatest possible difference, Cic. Lael. 20, 74.—Without tantus:quantus non unquam antea, exercitus venit,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:quanta maxime poterat vi perculit,
id. 9, 10, 10; cf. id. 7, 9, 8; 42, 15, 1; 24, 35, 5; Verg. A. 12, 701; 3, 641:quanta mea sapientia est,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 62.—Quantus quantus, for quantuscumque, how great or much soever (ante-class.):denegabit quantum quantum ad eum erit delatum,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 28:tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:quanta quanta haec mea paupertas est, tamen,
id. Phorm. 5, 7, 10. — In quantum, as far as, according as, in how far, in so far as, to whatever extent:in quantum satis erat,
Tac. Or. 2:declamatio, in quantum maxime potest, imitetur eas actiones,
Quint. 2, 10, 4; Sen. Ben. 2, 23, 1:pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit,
Ov. M. 11, 71:in quantum potuerit,
as far as possible, Plin. Ep. 10, 75. — With a preceding in tantum, as greatly... as:vir in tantum laudandus, in quantum intellegi virtus potest,
Vell. 1, 9.—Of number, value, etc., how much, how many:A.quanta milia,
Prop. 1, 5, 10; Val. Fl. 3, 261. —And with or without tantus, as much as, as many as, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; Liv. 23, 21.—As a designation of multitude, quantum = emphatic omnis: ut te quidem omnes di deaeque, quantum est, perduint,
as many as there are of them, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 6:quantum in terra degit, hominum perjurissime!
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 117.— quantum, subst., with gen., as much of... as:quantum est frumenti hornotini, exaraverunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.— Quanti, as gen. pretii, how high, how dear, or as dear as, as high as: quanti emi potest minime, how cheap? Ep. Ad quadraginta minas, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 110:quanti emit?
Ter. Eun. 5, 6 (5), 14:quanti locaverint, tantam pecuniam redemptori solvendam,
Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:vide, quanti apud me sis,
how highly I prize you, how dear you are to me, id. Fam. 7, 19 init.:noli spectare, quanti sit homo,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4:(tu) qui scias quanti Tulliam faciam,
id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:quanti est ista hominum gloria,
of how trifling worth, id. Rep. 6, 23, 25; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:quanti est sapere!
what a fine thing it is! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 21:quanti ejus intersit,
Dig. 43, 18, 3.—Quanti quanti, at whatever price:sed quanti quanti, bene emitur quod necesse est,
Cic. Att. 12, 23, 3.—Quanto opere, sometimes as one word, quantopere (q. v.), with what care, how greatly, how much (answering to tanto opere or tantopere, so greatly, so much):quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:quantoque opere ejus municipii causā laborarem,
id. Fam. 13, 7, 1.—Hence,quantum, adv., as much as, so much as:B.scribe, quantum potes,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 7.—Quantum possum or potest, as soon as possible:domum me rursum, quantum potero, tantum recipiam,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 40: rescribas ad me, quantum potest, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1:erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit,
so far as I hear, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:quantum suspicor,
as far as I can conjecture, id. Eun. 1, 2, 62.—Quantum in or ad me, so far as concerns me:non igitur adhuc, quantum quidem in te est, intellego deos esse,
i. e. for all you have shown to the contrary, Cic. N. D. 3, 7, 15; cf. id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:quantum ad Pirithoum, Phaedra pudica fuit,
as far as concerned, with respect to, Ov. A. A. 1, 744:quantum ad jus attinet,
Sen. Contr. 5, 34, 16; 3, 16, 1.—With compp. for quanto, the more, the greater, etc. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 488, A, 2).—Followed by eo:quantum juniores patrum plebi se magis insinuabant, eo acrius contra tribuni tenebant,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; 44, 7, 6; Col. 12, 23 init. —Followed by tanto:quantum augebatur militum numerus, tanto majore, etc.,
Liv. 5, 10, 5; 6, 38, 5; 27, 47, 11; cf. id. 32, 5, 1. — Also without a correl.:quantum... et minus,
Liv. 44, 36, 5.—quantō, adv., by how much, by as much as, according as, the:quanto diutius Abest, magis cupio tanto,
the longer he is away, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 15:quanto gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44:quanto magis philosophi delectabunt, si, etc.,
how greatly, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:quanto praeclarior vita, tanto,
Sall. J. 85, 22 Kritz. — With verbs which contain the idea of comparison:Hannibalem tanto praestitisse ceteros imperatores prudentiā, quanto populus Romanus antecedebat fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1.—With posit.:tanto acceptius in vulgum, quanto modicus privatis aedificationibus,
inasmuch as, Tac. A. 6, 45:quanto frequenter impellitur, tanto firmiter roboratur,
Lact. 5, 7, 9.—With ante, secus, aliud:quo minus exponam, quam multa ad me detulerit, quanto ante providerit,
Cic. Sest. 3, 8: videtote, quanto secus ego fecerim, how differently, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.:ut manifesto appareat, quanto sit aliud proximum esse, aliud secundum,
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3 quantus
quantus pronom adj. [2 CA-]. I. Relat., correl. with tantus, of what size, how much, as: tantum bellum, quantum numquam fuit: quantas pecunias acceperunt, tantas communicant, etc., Cs.: tanta est inter eos, quanta maxima esse potest, distantia, the greatest possible difference.—With ellips. of tantus, as great as, as much as: quantam quisque multitudinem pollicitus sit, Cs.: polliceri quantam vellent pecuniam: quanti argenti opus fuit, accepit, L.: qualis quantusque Polyphemus... Centum alii (sc. tales tantique), V.: Acta est nox, quanta fuit, i. e. the livelong night, O.: nequaquam cum quantis copiis, etc., with so small a force, L.: ut quantae maximae possent copiae traicerentur, L.—As subst n., as much as, all that, as: tantum pecuniae, quantum satis est: ego tantundem dabo, quantum ille poposcerit?: nihil praetermissi, quantum facere potui: te di deaeque omnes, quantumst, perduint, all there are of them, T.: quantum poposcerit, dato.—Esp., genit. of price, for how much, at the price that: quanti locaverint, tantam pecuniam solvendam: frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit, was worth the price he valued it at: plus lucri addere, quam quanti venierant. — II. Interrog., As adj., how great? how much? of what amount?: quanta calamitas populo, si dixerit? etc.: id ipsum quantae divinationis est scire?: (virtutes) quantae atque quam multae sunt!: perspicite, quantum illud bellum factum putetis: quanto-illi odio esset, cogitabat: quae qualiacumque in me sunt (me enim ipsum paenitet, quanta sint), etc., i. e. that they are so small.—As subst n., how much: quantum terroris inicit!: quantum est, quod desit in istis Ad plenum facinus? i. e. how little, O.: quantum inportunitatis habent, their insolence is so great, S.: meminerant quantum accepisset: in quibus quantum tu ipse speres facile perspicio, i. e. how little.—Esp., genit. of price, at what price, of what value, how dear: Emit? quanti? T.: Quantist sapere! How fine it is! T.: statuite, quanti hoc putetis, what value you attach to: quanti auctoritas eius haberetur ignorabas? how highly was esteemed: vide, quanti apud me sis, how I prize you: quanti est ista hominum gloria, how worthless: legatorum verba, quanti fecerit, pericula mea declarant, how little he cared for, S.* * *quanta, quantum ADJhow great; how much/many; of what size/amount/degree/number/worth/price -
4 quam
quam adv. [qui].—Relat., in what manner, to what degree, how greatly, how, how much: nescis quam doleam, T.: vide, quam te amarit is: declaravit quam odisset senatum: docebat, quam veteres quamque iustae causae intercederent, Cs.: ut sentias quam vile sit corpus, L.: Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis, H.: ut nobis tempus quam diu diceremus praestitueres: mire quam illius loci cogitatio delectat (i. e. mirum est, quam, etc.), wonderfully.—Interrog., how?: quam avidum in pecuniis (hunc fuisse censetis)?: quam multis custodibus opus erit?: quam longe est hinc in saltum vestrum?—In exclamations, how! how very!: quam cupiunt laudari!: quam terribilis aspectu (incedebat)!: quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando!: Quam paene regna Proserpinae vidimus! H. —Esp., in comparisons, in what degree, as: nihil est tam populare quam bonitas: quid est oratori tam necessarium quam vox?: tam diu requiesco, quam diu ad te scribo: tam esse clemens tyrannus, quam rex importunus potest: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est, S.: tam sum amicus rei p. quam qui maxime: Non verbis dici potest Tantum quam navigare incommodumst, T.: maria aspera iuro Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam ne, etc., V.: intentis, non ab irā tantum, quam quod urbs videbatur, etc., L.: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, half as much tribute as, etc., L.: nihil aeque eos terruit, quam robur imperatoris, L.: quam multā grandine nimbi crepitant, sic ictibus heros Creber pulsat, V.—With ellips. of tam, as much as, to the extent that, as... as: quam voletis multi dicent, as many of you as choose: quam diu vixit, all his life: quam diu tu voles, as long as you will: non militum fiduciā quam iuventutis, not so much, L.: tyrannus, quam qui umquam, saevissimus, never surpassed in cruelty, L.: Huc turba ruebat... Quam multa cadunt folia, as numerous as, V. —With sup. and possum or (old) queo: ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, at the lowest price you can, T.: quam plurimos potest equites educit, S.: quam maximis potest itineribus pervenit, Cs.: quam maxime possem, contenderem, to the utmost of my power.—With sup. and ellips. of possum, in the highest degree, as... as possible, extremely, very: quam minimum spati daretur, the shortest time possible, Cs.: quam plurimo vendere, at the highest price: ut quam primum accederet, as soon as possible: quam primum, forthwith, V. —Colloq.: quam familiariter, very, T.—Implying difference of degree (after a comp. or word of comparison), than: acrior quam ego sum: omnia sunt citius facta quam dixi: nec diutius vixit quam locuta est: ut aditus non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret: istas tu partīs potius quam defectionem vocas?: Nec tibi grata minus pietas... Quam fuit illa Iovi, O.: se temere magis quam satis caute inferre, L.: non locuta est ferocius quam poculum inpavide hausit, L.: speciem gloriae vehementius quam caute appetebat, Ta.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset: ne libentius haec evomere videar quam verius, with more satisfaction than accuracy: pestilentia minacior quam perniciosior, more threatening than destructive, L.: turbavit ordinem non acrior quam pertinacior impetus, L.: quid hoc fieri turpius potest, quam eum... labi: ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium, otherwise than as I wished: quis antea, quis esset, quam cuius gener esset, audivit? sooner... than: pridie quam a me tu coactus eo profitere, on the day before. virtus nihil aliud est quam in se perfecta natura: nil aliud agens quam ut, etc., with no other purpose than, etc., L.: saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit, more than: ultra quam satis est, producitur.—Praegn., after verbs implying preference or superiority, rather than: praestare omnīs perferre acerbitates, quam non civibus parentarent, Cs.: si eligere commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni vellent addicere: esse quam videri bonus malebat, S.: malae rei se quam nullius duces esse volunt, L.: statuit congredi quam refugere, N.—After expressions of time, later than, after that, after: die vicensimo quam creatus erat dictaturā se abdicavit, L.: anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat, L.* * *Ihow, how much; as, thanIIquam + superlative -- as... as possible
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5 quantum
quantum adv. [quantus], as much as, so much as, to as great an extent: erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit, as far as I hear, T.: quantum suspicor, as far as I can conjecture, T.: quantum in me fuit, ieci, to my best ability: non igitur adhuc, quantum quidem in te est, intellego deos esse, i. e. for all you have said to prove it: castris, nisi quantum usūs cogerent, tenebatur miles, L.: Quantum ad Pirithoum, as far as concerned, O.: ut, quantum homo possit, quam cautissime navigem: quantum maximā voce potuit, at the very top of his voice, L.: quantum maxime adcelerare poterat, as fast as ever, L.: tu quantum potest Abi, as quickly as possible, T.: ea, quantum potui, feci, as well as I could: ut hunc, quantum possent, sublevarent, to their utmost ability.—How much, how far, to how great an extent: quantum intersit, videte: quantum possent, ostendere.—With compp., the more, the greater: quantum se magis insinuabant, eo acrius, etc., L.: quantum augebatur militum numerus, tanto maiore pecuniā opus erat, L. —With ellips. of tanto: quantum incresceret aetas, voltūs minus vigentes erant, L.* * *so much as; how much; how far -
6 quei
1.qui, quae, quod (old forms: nom. quei; gen. quojus; dat. quoi, and in inscrr. QVOEI, QVOIEI, and QVEI; abl. qui; plur. ques or queis; fem. QVAI; neutr. qua; dat. and abl. queis and quĭs.—Joined with cum: quocum, quācum, quicum, quibuscum;I.rarely cum quo,
Liv. 7, 33:cum quibus,
id. 4, 5. — Placed also before other prepositions: quas contra, quem propter, etc.; v. h. praepp.), pron.Interrog., who? which? what? what kind or sort of a? (adjectively; while quis, quid is used substantively; qui, of persons, asks for the character, quis usu. for the name).A.In direct questions: quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? what sort of a feast? what kind of a festival? Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (a transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: tis daïs, tis de homilos hod epleto; cf. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 619): Th. Quis fuit igitur? Py. Iste Chaerea. Th. Qui Chaerea? what Chærea? Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8:B.qui color, nitor, vestitus?
id. ib. 2, 2, 11:qui cantus dulcior inveniri potest? quod carmen aptius? qui actor in imitandā veritate jucundior?
Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34:virgo, quae patria est tua?
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 88:occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?
what sort of a person? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96.—In indirect discourse:II. A.scribis te velle scire, qui sit rei publicae status,
what is the state of the country, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo Sit pecori... Hinc canere incipiam,
Verg. G. 1, 3:iste deus qui sit da, Tityre, nobis,
id. E. 1, 18; 2, 19; 3, 8; id. A. 3, 608:nescimus qui sis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 20:qui sit, qui socium fraudarit, consideremus,
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17.—As a simple rel.1.With antecedent expressed:2.habebat ducem Gabinium, quīcum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:ille vir, cui patriae salus dulcior fuit,
id. Balb. 5, 11:vir acer, cui, etc.,
id. Brut. 35, 135:vir optimus, qui, etc.,
id. Fam. 14, 4, 2:Priscus, vir cujus, etc.,
Liv. 4, 46, 10; 23, 7, 4:quod ego fui ad Trasimenum, id tu hodie es,
id. 30, 30, 12:collaria, quae vocantur maelium,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15:coloniam, quam Fregellas appellent,
Liv. 8, 23:sucus, quem opobalsamum vocant,
Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116:sidere, quod Caniculam appellavimus,
id. 18, 28, 68, § 272. —With pronom. antecedent understood: QVI IN IVS VOCABIT, IVMENTVM DATO, Lex XII. Tabularum: SI ADORAT FVRTO, QVOD NEC MANIFESTVM ESCIT, ib. tab. 2, 1. 8:3.novistine hominem? ridicule rogitas, quīcum una cibum capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60:beati, quīs contigit, etc.,
Verg. A. 1, 95:fac, qui ego sum, esse te,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1. —The rel. freq. agrees with the foll. word:4.est locus in carcere, quod Tullianum appellatur,
Sall. C. 55, 3:ealoca, quae Numidia appellatur,
id. J. 18, 11:exstat ejus peroratio, qui epilogus dicitur,
Cic. Brut. 33, 127:justa gloria, qui est fructus virtutis,
id. Pis. 24, 57:domicilia conjuncta, quas urbes dicimus,
id. Sest. 42, 91. —Sometimes it agrees with the logical, not the grammatical antecedent:5.ne tu me arbitrare beluam, qui non novisse possim, quīcum aetatem exegerim,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112:ubi est scelus qui me perdidit?
Ter. And. 3, 5, 1:hoc libro circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:abundantia earum rerum, quae prima mortales ducunt,
Sall. J. 41, 1; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:illa furia muliebrium relligionum, qui, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 9, 15: alteram alam mittit, qui satagentibus occurrerent, Auct. B. Afr. 78. —Relating to a remote subject:6.annis ferme DX post Romam conditam Livius fabulam dedit... anno ante natum Ennium: qui (sc. Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; v. the commentators ad loc.; Liv. 21, 26, 2; 31, 38, 10; 37, 14, 2; cf. Krehl ad Prisc. 2, 9, § 48, p. 91.—The antecedent is sometimes repeated after the rel.:7.erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6. —In a question, with ne affixed: sed ubi Artotrogus hic est? Art. Stat propter virum fortem... Mil. Quemne ego servavi in campis Curculioniis? whom I saved? Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9:B.quemne ego vidi?
whom I saw? Ter. And. 4, 4, 29.—With an accessory signif., causal or final, joined to the subj.1.As, because, seeing that, since:2.Actio maluimus iter facere pedibus, qui incommodissime navigassemus,
Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1:hospes, qui nihil suspicaretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64;ingrata es, ore quae caput nostro Incolume abstuleris,
Phaedr. 1, 8, 11.—Qui, with the subj., also follows dignus, indignus, aptus, idoneus, etc., answering the question, to or for what? dignus est, qui imperet, i. e. to, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:3.dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices,
id. Off. 3, 19, 77:socios haud indignos judicas, quos in fidem receptos tuearis,
Liv. 23, 43:idoneus nemo fuit quem imitarere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41.—Also after demonstrr. or clauses expressing or implying a quality or degree which is defined or explained in the rel.-clause:4.qui potest temperantiam laudare is, qui ponat summum bonum in voluptate?
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:nullo modo videre potest quicquam esse utile, quod non honestum sit,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:non sumus ii, quibus nihil verum esse videatur,
id. N. D. 1, 5, 12:nunc dicis aliquid quod ad rem pertineat,
id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:quis potest esse tam mente captus, qui neget?
as that, that, to, id. Cat. 3, 9.—To express a purpose, design, in order that, to:C.sunt autem multi, qui eripiunt aliis, quod aliis largiantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43:Caesar equitatum praemisit, qui viderent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15:domi creant decem praetores, qui exercitui praeessent,
Nep. Milt. 1, 4. —The rel. serves as a connective, instead of is, ea, id, with a conj.:D.res loquitur ipsa, quae semper valet plurimum,
and this, Cic. Mil. 20, 53:ratio docet esse deos, quo concesso, confitendum est, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 30, 75.—The rel. sometimes means, by virtue of, according to, such:E.quae tua natura est,
according to your disposition, Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2:qui meus amor in te est,
such is my love, id. ib. 7, 2, 1.—In neutr. sing.a.Quod signifies,1.As much as, as far as, what, = quantum:2.adjutabo quod potero,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 7:cura, quod potes, ut valeas,
Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6:quae tibi mandavi, velim ut cures, quod sine molestiā tuā facere poteris,
id. Att. 1, 5, 7:tu tamen, quod poteris, nos consiliis juvabis,
id. ib. 10, 2, 2; 11, 2, 2; 11, 12, 4; id. Fam. 3, 2, 2:nihil cuiquam, quod suum dici vellet,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:(Epicurus) se unus, quod sciam, sapientem profiteri est ausus,
id. Fin. 2, 3, 7:quod tuo commodo fiat,
id. Fam 4, 2, 4: quod litteris exstet, [p. 1511] id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:quod sciam,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 14:quod ad me attinet,
as far as depends on me, for my part, Cic. Rosc. Am. 42, 122.— With ellips. of attinet: quod ad Caesarem crebri et non belli de eo rumores, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.—With gen.:quod operae,
so much trouble, Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19:quod aeris,
Liv. 8, 20. —Wherein:b.si quid est, Quod mea opera opus sit vobis,
Ter. And. 4, 3, 23.—Quo, abl. neutr., with compp. (with or without hoc, eo, or tanto): quo... eo, by how much, by so much, the... the:III.quo difficilius, hoc praeclarius,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64.—Indef., any one, any; with si, num, ne, v. quis:2. I.quaeritur, num quod officium aliud alio majus sit,
Cic. Off. 1, 3, 7:si qui graviore vulnere accepto equo deciderat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48:nisi si qui publice ad eam rem constitutus esset,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65:(BACANALIA) SEI QVA SVNT, S. C. de Bacchan.: ne qui forte putet,
Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 8.Interrog., in what manner? how? whereby? by what means? why?A.In direct questions:B.quī minus eadem histrioni sit lex quae summo viro?
Plaut. Am. prol. 76:Quī, amabo?
id. Bacch. 1, 1, 19:quī scire possum?
id. ib. 2, 2, 13:Quī in mentem venit tibi istuc facinus facere?
id. ib. 4, 4, 31:Quī non?
id. ib. 5, 2, 44:quī vero dupliciter?
id. Mil. 2, 3, 25:quī vero?
id. Merc. 2, 3, 60:quī scis?
Ter. And. 2, 1, 2:quī istuc facere potuit?
id. Eun. 4, 3, 15:quī potui melius?
id. Ad. 2, 2, 7:sed nos deum nisi sempiternum intellegere quī possumus?
Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25:quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?
id. ib. 1, 30, 84:quī potest?
id. Ac. 2, 31, 100:quī ego minus in Africam traicerem,
Liv. 28, 43, 18.—In indirect questions:C.nimis demiror, quī illaec me donatum esse aureā paterā sciat,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 133:quī istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:nec quī hoc mihi eveniat scio,
id. Hec. 2, 3, 6:neque videre, quī conveniat,
Liv. 42, 50. —In curses (cf. Gr. pôs, and Lat. utinam), how, would that, if but: quī illum di deaeque magno mactassint malo, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 14 (Trag. Rel. v. 377 Vahl.):II. 1.quī te Juppiter dique omnes perduint!
Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 31:quī istum di perdant!
id. Trin. 4, 2, 78:quī te di omnes perdant!
id. ib. 4, 2, 155; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 73.—Ellipt.:quī illi di irati!
Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1.—In gen.: date ferrum, quī me animā privem, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 30 (Trag. Rel. v. 233 Vahl.):2.patera, quī Pterela potitare rex est solitus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104; 1, 3, 37:sucophantia, quī admutiletur miles,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 172; id. Capt. 1, 1, 33; 3, 4, 24:mihi dari... vehicla quī vehar,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 28:multa concurrunt simul, Quī conjecturam hanc facio,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 32:in tantā paupertate decessit, ut quī efferretur, vix reliquerit,
Nep. Arist. 3, 2.—Esp., of price, at what price, for how much, = quanti:B.indica minumo daturus quī sis, quī duci queat,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 41:quī datur, tanti indica,
id. ib. 4, 4, 109:ut quantum possit quīque liceat veneant,
id. Men. 3, 3, 25.—Transf., that, in order that: Ca. Restim volo mihi emere. Ps. Quam ob rem? Ca. Quī me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87:C.ut det, quī fiamus liberi,
id. Aul. 2, 4, 31:facite, fingite, invenite, efficite, quī detur tibi: Ego id agam, mihi quī ne detur,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 34 sq. —Indef. (only with particles of emphasis and assurance; cf. Gr. pôs, and v. Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 28; Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 811; Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 550), in some way, somehow, surely (ante-class.); with hercle:hercle quī, ut tu praedicas, Cavendumst me aps te irato,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 58:hercle quī multo improbiores sunt, quam a primo credidi,
id. Most. 3, 2, 139:hercle quī aequom postulabat senex,
id. Stich. 4, 1, 53; id. Men. 2, 3, 74.—With edepol:edepol quī te de isto multi cupiunt nunc mentirier,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184:edepol quī quom hanc magis contemplo, magis placet,
id. Pers. 4, 4, 15; id. Am. 2, 2, 144.—With at (cf. atquī), and yet, but somehow: Gr. Non audio. Tr. At pol quī audies, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 9; id. Am. 2, 2, 73.— With quippe: horum tibi istic nihil eveniet, quippe quī ubi quod subripias nihil est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 22:ea nimiast ratio, quippe quī certo scio, etc.,
id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:quippe quī Magnarum saepe id remedium aegritudinumst,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 27.—With ut:an id est sapere, ut quī beneficium a benevolente repudies?
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11:et eum morbum mi esse, ut quī med opus sit insputarier?
id. Capt. 3, 4, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 49. -
7 qui
1.qui, quae, quod (old forms: nom. quei; gen. quojus; dat. quoi, and in inscrr. QVOEI, QVOIEI, and QVEI; abl. qui; plur. ques or queis; fem. QVAI; neutr. qua; dat. and abl. queis and quĭs.—Joined with cum: quocum, quācum, quicum, quibuscum;I.rarely cum quo,
Liv. 7, 33:cum quibus,
id. 4, 5. — Placed also before other prepositions: quas contra, quem propter, etc.; v. h. praepp.), pron.Interrog., who? which? what? what kind or sort of a? (adjectively; while quis, quid is used substantively; qui, of persons, asks for the character, quis usu. for the name).A.In direct questions: quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? what sort of a feast? what kind of a festival? Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (a transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: tis daïs, tis de homilos hod epleto; cf. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 619): Th. Quis fuit igitur? Py. Iste Chaerea. Th. Qui Chaerea? what Chærea? Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8:B.qui color, nitor, vestitus?
id. ib. 2, 2, 11:qui cantus dulcior inveniri potest? quod carmen aptius? qui actor in imitandā veritate jucundior?
Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34:virgo, quae patria est tua?
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 88:occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?
what sort of a person? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96.—In indirect discourse:II. A.scribis te velle scire, qui sit rei publicae status,
what is the state of the country, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo Sit pecori... Hinc canere incipiam,
Verg. G. 1, 3:iste deus qui sit da, Tityre, nobis,
id. E. 1, 18; 2, 19; 3, 8; id. A. 3, 608:nescimus qui sis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 20:qui sit, qui socium fraudarit, consideremus,
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17.—As a simple rel.1.With antecedent expressed:2.habebat ducem Gabinium, quīcum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:ille vir, cui patriae salus dulcior fuit,
id. Balb. 5, 11:vir acer, cui, etc.,
id. Brut. 35, 135:vir optimus, qui, etc.,
id. Fam. 14, 4, 2:Priscus, vir cujus, etc.,
Liv. 4, 46, 10; 23, 7, 4:quod ego fui ad Trasimenum, id tu hodie es,
id. 30, 30, 12:collaria, quae vocantur maelium,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15:coloniam, quam Fregellas appellent,
Liv. 8, 23:sucus, quem opobalsamum vocant,
Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116:sidere, quod Caniculam appellavimus,
id. 18, 28, 68, § 272. —With pronom. antecedent understood: QVI IN IVS VOCABIT, IVMENTVM DATO, Lex XII. Tabularum: SI ADORAT FVRTO, QVOD NEC MANIFESTVM ESCIT, ib. tab. 2, 1. 8:3.novistine hominem? ridicule rogitas, quīcum una cibum capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60:beati, quīs contigit, etc.,
Verg. A. 1, 95:fac, qui ego sum, esse te,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1. —The rel. freq. agrees with the foll. word:4.est locus in carcere, quod Tullianum appellatur,
Sall. C. 55, 3:ealoca, quae Numidia appellatur,
id. J. 18, 11:exstat ejus peroratio, qui epilogus dicitur,
Cic. Brut. 33, 127:justa gloria, qui est fructus virtutis,
id. Pis. 24, 57:domicilia conjuncta, quas urbes dicimus,
id. Sest. 42, 91. —Sometimes it agrees with the logical, not the grammatical antecedent:5.ne tu me arbitrare beluam, qui non novisse possim, quīcum aetatem exegerim,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112:ubi est scelus qui me perdidit?
Ter. And. 3, 5, 1:hoc libro circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:abundantia earum rerum, quae prima mortales ducunt,
Sall. J. 41, 1; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:illa furia muliebrium relligionum, qui, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 9, 15: alteram alam mittit, qui satagentibus occurrerent, Auct. B. Afr. 78. —Relating to a remote subject:6.annis ferme DX post Romam conditam Livius fabulam dedit... anno ante natum Ennium: qui (sc. Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; v. the commentators ad loc.; Liv. 21, 26, 2; 31, 38, 10; 37, 14, 2; cf. Krehl ad Prisc. 2, 9, § 48, p. 91.—The antecedent is sometimes repeated after the rel.:7.erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6. —In a question, with ne affixed: sed ubi Artotrogus hic est? Art. Stat propter virum fortem... Mil. Quemne ego servavi in campis Curculioniis? whom I saved? Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9:B.quemne ego vidi?
whom I saw? Ter. And. 4, 4, 29.—With an accessory signif., causal or final, joined to the subj.1.As, because, seeing that, since:2.Actio maluimus iter facere pedibus, qui incommodissime navigassemus,
Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1:hospes, qui nihil suspicaretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64;ingrata es, ore quae caput nostro Incolume abstuleris,
Phaedr. 1, 8, 11.—Qui, with the subj., also follows dignus, indignus, aptus, idoneus, etc., answering the question, to or for what? dignus est, qui imperet, i. e. to, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:3.dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices,
id. Off. 3, 19, 77:socios haud indignos judicas, quos in fidem receptos tuearis,
Liv. 23, 43:idoneus nemo fuit quem imitarere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41.—Also after demonstrr. or clauses expressing or implying a quality or degree which is defined or explained in the rel.-clause:4.qui potest temperantiam laudare is, qui ponat summum bonum in voluptate?
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:nullo modo videre potest quicquam esse utile, quod non honestum sit,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:non sumus ii, quibus nihil verum esse videatur,
id. N. D. 1, 5, 12:nunc dicis aliquid quod ad rem pertineat,
id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:quis potest esse tam mente captus, qui neget?
as that, that, to, id. Cat. 3, 9.—To express a purpose, design, in order that, to:C.sunt autem multi, qui eripiunt aliis, quod aliis largiantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43:Caesar equitatum praemisit, qui viderent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15:domi creant decem praetores, qui exercitui praeessent,
Nep. Milt. 1, 4. —The rel. serves as a connective, instead of is, ea, id, with a conj.:D.res loquitur ipsa, quae semper valet plurimum,
and this, Cic. Mil. 20, 53:ratio docet esse deos, quo concesso, confitendum est, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 30, 75.—The rel. sometimes means, by virtue of, according to, such:E.quae tua natura est,
according to your disposition, Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2:qui meus amor in te est,
such is my love, id. ib. 7, 2, 1.—In neutr. sing.a.Quod signifies,1.As much as, as far as, what, = quantum:2.adjutabo quod potero,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 7:cura, quod potes, ut valeas,
Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6:quae tibi mandavi, velim ut cures, quod sine molestiā tuā facere poteris,
id. Att. 1, 5, 7:tu tamen, quod poteris, nos consiliis juvabis,
id. ib. 10, 2, 2; 11, 2, 2; 11, 12, 4; id. Fam. 3, 2, 2:nihil cuiquam, quod suum dici vellet,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:(Epicurus) se unus, quod sciam, sapientem profiteri est ausus,
id. Fin. 2, 3, 7:quod tuo commodo fiat,
id. Fam 4, 2, 4: quod litteris exstet, [p. 1511] id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:quod sciam,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 14:quod ad me attinet,
as far as depends on me, for my part, Cic. Rosc. Am. 42, 122.— With ellips. of attinet: quod ad Caesarem crebri et non belli de eo rumores, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.—With gen.:quod operae,
so much trouble, Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19:quod aeris,
Liv. 8, 20. —Wherein:b.si quid est, Quod mea opera opus sit vobis,
Ter. And. 4, 3, 23.—Quo, abl. neutr., with compp. (with or without hoc, eo, or tanto): quo... eo, by how much, by so much, the... the:III.quo difficilius, hoc praeclarius,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64.—Indef., any one, any; with si, num, ne, v. quis:2. I.quaeritur, num quod officium aliud alio majus sit,
Cic. Off. 1, 3, 7:si qui graviore vulnere accepto equo deciderat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48:nisi si qui publice ad eam rem constitutus esset,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65:(BACANALIA) SEI QVA SVNT, S. C. de Bacchan.: ne qui forte putet,
Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 8.Interrog., in what manner? how? whereby? by what means? why?A.In direct questions:B.quī minus eadem histrioni sit lex quae summo viro?
Plaut. Am. prol. 76:Quī, amabo?
id. Bacch. 1, 1, 19:quī scire possum?
id. ib. 2, 2, 13:Quī in mentem venit tibi istuc facinus facere?
id. ib. 4, 4, 31:Quī non?
id. ib. 5, 2, 44:quī vero dupliciter?
id. Mil. 2, 3, 25:quī vero?
id. Merc. 2, 3, 60:quī scis?
Ter. And. 2, 1, 2:quī istuc facere potuit?
id. Eun. 4, 3, 15:quī potui melius?
id. Ad. 2, 2, 7:sed nos deum nisi sempiternum intellegere quī possumus?
Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25:quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?
id. ib. 1, 30, 84:quī potest?
id. Ac. 2, 31, 100:quī ego minus in Africam traicerem,
Liv. 28, 43, 18.—In indirect questions:C.nimis demiror, quī illaec me donatum esse aureā paterā sciat,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 133:quī istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:nec quī hoc mihi eveniat scio,
id. Hec. 2, 3, 6:neque videre, quī conveniat,
Liv. 42, 50. —In curses (cf. Gr. pôs, and Lat. utinam), how, would that, if but: quī illum di deaeque magno mactassint malo, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 14 (Trag. Rel. v. 377 Vahl.):II. 1.quī te Juppiter dique omnes perduint!
Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 31:quī istum di perdant!
id. Trin. 4, 2, 78:quī te di omnes perdant!
id. ib. 4, 2, 155; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 73.—Ellipt.:quī illi di irati!
Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1.—In gen.: date ferrum, quī me animā privem, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 30 (Trag. Rel. v. 233 Vahl.):2.patera, quī Pterela potitare rex est solitus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104; 1, 3, 37:sucophantia, quī admutiletur miles,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 172; id. Capt. 1, 1, 33; 3, 4, 24:mihi dari... vehicla quī vehar,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 28:multa concurrunt simul, Quī conjecturam hanc facio,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 32:in tantā paupertate decessit, ut quī efferretur, vix reliquerit,
Nep. Arist. 3, 2.—Esp., of price, at what price, for how much, = quanti:B.indica minumo daturus quī sis, quī duci queat,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 41:quī datur, tanti indica,
id. ib. 4, 4, 109:ut quantum possit quīque liceat veneant,
id. Men. 3, 3, 25.—Transf., that, in order that: Ca. Restim volo mihi emere. Ps. Quam ob rem? Ca. Quī me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87:C.ut det, quī fiamus liberi,
id. Aul. 2, 4, 31:facite, fingite, invenite, efficite, quī detur tibi: Ego id agam, mihi quī ne detur,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 34 sq. —Indef. (only with particles of emphasis and assurance; cf. Gr. pôs, and v. Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 28; Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 811; Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 550), in some way, somehow, surely (ante-class.); with hercle:hercle quī, ut tu praedicas, Cavendumst me aps te irato,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 58:hercle quī multo improbiores sunt, quam a primo credidi,
id. Most. 3, 2, 139:hercle quī aequom postulabat senex,
id. Stich. 4, 1, 53; id. Men. 2, 3, 74.—With edepol:edepol quī te de isto multi cupiunt nunc mentirier,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184:edepol quī quom hanc magis contemplo, magis placet,
id. Pers. 4, 4, 15; id. Am. 2, 2, 144.—With at (cf. atquī), and yet, but somehow: Gr. Non audio. Tr. At pol quī audies, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 9; id. Am. 2, 2, 73.— With quippe: horum tibi istic nihil eveniet, quippe quī ubi quod subripias nihil est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 22:ea nimiast ratio, quippe quī certo scio, etc.,
id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:quippe quī Magnarum saepe id remedium aegritudinumst,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 27.—With ut:an id est sapere, ut quī beneficium a benevolente repudies?
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11:et eum morbum mi esse, ut quī med opus sit insputarier?
id. Capt. 3, 4, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 49. -
8 quam
quam (archaic form quamde or quande:B.quamde pro quam usos esse antiquos, cum multi veteres testimonio sunt, tum Ennius... et Lucretius (1, 640),
Fest. p. 261 Müll.; cf. Enn. Ann. v. 29, and v. 139 Vahl. So, too, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.), adv. [qui], in what manner, how, how much, as much as:quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando! quam nihil tamen, quod tibi placeat, explicas!
Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:ut se accusari nolunt! quam cupiunt laudari!
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:quam multa, quam paucis!
id. Fam. 11, 24, 1:quam sint morosi, intellegi potest,
id. ib. 7, 15, 1:quam vellet, cunctaretur,
id. Div. 1, 26, 56:memoriā tenetis, quam valde universi admurmurarint,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:quam quisque potest,
as much as each one can, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 75:quam potuit,
as far as he was able, Val. Max. 4, 1, 5.—With possum and a sup.:concede huc ab isto, quam potest longissime,
as far as possible, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 81:quam possunt mollissime,
as gently as possible, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129.—Also without possum:quam maximas, quam primum, quam saepissime gratias agere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 5:ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,
Caes. B. C. 3, 45.— With posit. (post-Aug.):tum Manlius... quam poterat clarā voce denuntiavit,
Val. Max. 6, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1 ext.; 4, 5, 1:dixi de philosophiā quam breviter potui,
Lact. 3, 17, 1:tusa cribrataque vino, quam possit excellenti,
as excellent as possible, Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264; 18, 28, 68, § 274.—In dependent clauses, indirect questions, etc.:II.est fidei nostrae, declarare, quam memores simus,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:scio, quam timida sit ambitio,
id. Mil. 16, 42:quam id ratum sit, tu judicabis,
id. Att. 6, 1, 7:id quam injustum esset, non videbat,
id. Off. 3, 21, 82:dici non potest quam sim disputatione tuā delectatus,
id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; id. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Ac. 2, 17, 52; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; 1, 20, 65; 5, 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; 2, 1, 21, § 52; 2, 4, 44, § 98:videte quam iniqui sint,
Sall. J. 85, 25; 62, 9:ut sentias quam vile sit corpus,
Liv. 2, 12, 3; 24, 5, 2; Nep. Timoth. 4, 2.—In partic.A.In comparisons, as, than.1.With tam:2.tam ego ante fui liber, quam gnatus tuos,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 11:si era me sciat tam socordem esse quam sum,
id. Cist. 4, 2, 5:tua est imago: tam consimilis est, quam potest,
id. Men. 5, 9, 4:tam esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,
Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; id. Div. 1, 6, 10 et saep.; v. tam.—With ellipsis of corresp. tam:3.homo non, quam isti sunt, gloriosus,
not so celebrated as those, Liv. 35, 49:claris majoribus, quam vetustis,
rather than, Tac. A. 4, 61.—With sup. and a corresp. tam, by how much the more, the more: quam acerbissima olea oleum facies, tam oleum optimum erit, the bitterer the olives, the better will be the oil, Cato, R. R. 65, 1:4.quam paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9:quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est,
Sall. J. 31, 14.—With magis:5.quam magis... tam magis,
the more... the more, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5.—With tam omitted:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,
Verg. G. 3, 309.— With the second magis omitted:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6.—In the reverse order: tam magis... quam magis,
the more... the more, Verg. A. 7, 787. —With tanto:6.quam magis... tanto magis,
the more... the more, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19; so Lucr. 6, 460.—With a double comp.:7.ne libentius haec in illum evomere videar, quam verius,
with more freedom than truth, Cic. Mil. 29, 78:non acrior quam pertinacior impetus Romanorum,
Liv. 31, 35:discrimen me occupavit, meliore hostium quam meo tempore,
Curt. 7, 7, 9.—Tam... quam, with the comp. for the posit., so... as:8.per dexteram te istam oro non tam in bellis et proeliis, quam in promissis et fide firmiorem,
Cic. Deiot. 3, 8.—After comparatives or words of comparison, than:9.nobis nihil est tlmendum magis quam ille consul,
Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3:his igitur, quam physicis potius credendum existimas?
id. Div. 2, 16, 37; Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1; Cic. Pis. 26, 62:majorem pecuniam praetori polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167:qui plures milites eorum occidisset, quam quot superessent,
Liv. 35, 12.—So after verbs which imply comparison, verbs of preference, excellence, etc.; after praestat, Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 4; after malo:esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:an est quod ego malim quam?
Cic. Par. 1; after statuo, Nep. Dat. 8, 1; after probo, Tac. A. 1, 58; after volo ( = boulomai ê), Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6.— Rarely quantus is used to strengthen quam, after comp.:de re majore quam quanta ea esset,
Liv. 30, 23, 2:implere homines certioris spei, quam quantam fides promissi humani subicere solet,
id. 26, 19, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.;22, 2, 19.— But quam is often omitted after plus, minus, amplius, etc., without changing the case: minus duo milia hominum effugerunt,
Liv. 24, 16, 4:plus partem dimidiam hominum caesam,
id. 36, 40, 5; cf. id. 29, 25, 2:cum decem haud plus milibus militum,
id. 28, 1, 5:ut hoc nostrum desiderium ne plus sit annuum,
Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1:ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
id. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Prop. 2, 19, 18 (3, 17, 32); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 485.—With sic ( poet.):10. 11.quam multā grandine nimbi Culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus heros pulsat, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 458.— With sic omitted, Verg. A. 6, 309 sqq.—After contra, otherwise... than, not so... as:12.contra faciunt, quam professi sunt,
Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11.— So after secus:ne me secus honore honestes quam ego te,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50. —After alius, with a preceding negative, not otherwise than, no other than:13.nil aliud agens quam ut, etc.,
nothing else than, Liv. 44, 27, 12:neque aliud totā urbe agi quam bellum apparari,
id. 4, 26, 12; Nep. Hann. 10, 1:ob nullam aliam causam, quam ne,
from no other cause than, Liv. 45, 25; 34, 2, 12. — Rarely with alius affirmatively (for ac):ipse me paulum in aliā quam prius habuerim opinione nunc esse confiteor,
Quint. 3, 6, 63. —After aliter, otherwise than:14. 15. 16.ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 24:ne aliter quam si, etc.,
Col. 4, 2, 2.—After diversum, otherwise than:17.pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,
something altogether different from what, Quint. 1, 4, 29; cf., after advorsum, only Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 139 Brix ad loc.—After words denoting number or quantity, which serve for comparison: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, populo Romano pendere, the half of what, half as much as, Liv. 45, 18:18.multiplex, quam pro numero, damnum est,
too great for, greater than, id. 7, 8:ferramenta duplicia, quam numerus servorum exigit,
twice as many as, Col. 1, 8, 8.—So, too, after designations of time:die vigesimā, quam creatus erat, dictaturā se abdicavit,
on the twentieth day after, Liv. 6, 29: tabellarii venerunt post diem sextum, quam a vobis discesserant, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1:postridie venissemus, quam... fuissemus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9:postero die quam illa erant acta,
id. de Or. 2, 3, 12:saeculis multis ante... inventa sunt, quam, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 21. —After the sup.:19.bellum gerere cum tyranno, quam qui unquam, saevissimo et violentissimo in suos,
the most cruel that ever was, Liv. 34, 32.—So with rel. and sup. after tam:20.tam gratum mihi id erit, quam quod gratissimum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3:tam sum amicus rei publicae quam qui maxime,
id. ib. 5, 2, 6:ego sum tam mitis, quam qui lenissimus,
id. Sull. 31, 87.—Sometimes with magis or potius to be supplied, more... than:B.tacita mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70 dub.:pacem quam bellum probabam,
Tac. A. 1, 58. —In mere intensive expressions, exceedingly, very, quite, indeed:admodum quam saevos est,
very cruel indeed, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43:nimis quam formido, ne, etc.,
id. Most. 2, 2, 79:nimis quam cupio,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 17:quam familiariter,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: nam suos valde quam paucos habet, very few indeed, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:mire quam,
Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3:sane quam refrixit,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5. -
9 quantō
quantō adv. [ abl n. of quantus], by how much, by as much as, according as: quanto diutius Abest, magis cupio tanto, the longer he is away, T.: quanto gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores, Cs.: tanto minor, quanto est honestius commoveri: quanto praeclarior vita, tanto, etc., S.: exponere, quanto ante providerit, how long before.* * * -
10 quantum
I.(+ gen.) as much of... as.II.adv, regard to, as much as, the more, the greaterIII.how much?, how much!, as much as. -
11 quantusvis
quantus-vīs, tăvis, tumvis, adj., as much as you will, as great as you please, however great, ever so great (class.):2.et manus una regit quantovis impete euntem (navem),
Lucr. 4, 903; 4, 1171:quantasvis magnas copias sustineri posse,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28:portum satis amplum quantaevis classi,
for any fleet, be it ever so large, Liv. 26, 42:cum faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis pretii,
Ter. And. 5, 2, 15:ingenium hominis,
Gell. 4, 1, 2.— Neutr. subst.: quantum-vīs, however great an amount, as much as you will, how much soever, ever so much:meretrici des quantumvis, nusquam apparet,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 17:quantumvis tolle,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—With gen.:quantumvis fiduciae et spiritūs capias,
how much soever, Nazar. Pan. Const. 19. — Adverb., very, very indeed:quantumvis facundus et promptus,
Suet. Calig. 53.— -
12 liceo
1.lĭcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root rik-, riktas, empty; Gr. lip-, leipô, leave; Lat. lic-, linquo, licet, liceor; cf. Germ. leihen, verleihen], to be for sale; to have a price put upon it, to be valued, esteemed at so much.I.Lit. (rare but class.):II.omnia vaenibunt, quiqui licebunt, praesenti pecunia,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 97:quanti licuisse tu scribis (hortos),
how much they were valued at, Cic. Att. 12, 23, 5:unius assis Non umquam pretio pluris licuisse,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 13. —Transf., of the seller, to offer for sale, to fix the price, to value at so much (only post-Aug.):2.percontanti quanti liceret opera effecta, parvum nescio quid dixerat,
how much he asked for them, what he held them at, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88:parvo cum pretio diu liceret,
Mart. 6, 66, 4.liceo, v. licet. -
13 mira
mīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. smi; v. miror], wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, extraordinary (class.):mirum et magnum facinus,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 97:mirum me desiderium tenet urbis,
Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 11:miris modis odisse aliquem,
wonderfully, exceedingly, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 104; so,miris modis, adverbially,
wonderfully, strangely, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 5; id. Men. 5, 7, 50; id. Rud. 3, 1, 1; id. Merc. 2, 1, 1:mirum in modum conversae sunt hominum mentes,
astonishingly, surprisingly, Caes. B. G. 1, 41:sibi mirum videri, quid in suā Galliā populo Romano negotii esset,
id. ib. 1, 34.—With a foll. si:minime mirum, si ista res, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55:quid mirum in senibus, si infirmi sunt aliquando?
id. Sen. 11, 35: mirum quam or quantum, it is wonderful how, how very, how much, i. e. extraordinarily, exceedingly:mirum quam inimicus ibat, ut ego objurgarem,
Cic. Att. 15, 40:id, mirum quantum profuit ad concordiam civitatis,
Liv. 2, 1; so,mirum ut: mirum dictu, ut sit omnis Sarmatarum virtus velut extra ipsos,
Tac. H. 1, 79: mirum ni or nisi, it would be wonderful, I should wonder, I am very much mistaken, if not, i. e. most probably, undoubtedly, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 43:mira sunt, nisi invitavit sese in cena plusculum,
id. Am. 1, 1, 127:mira sunt ni Pseudulust,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 118; id. Trin. 4, 2, 19 Brix ad loc.:socer, et medicus me insanire aiebant: quid sit, mira sunt,
I wonder what it means, it is incomprehensible to me, id. Men. 5, 7, 56: mirum ni or quin, undoubtedly, certainly: quid ploras pater? Mirum ni cantem: condemnatus sum, I wonder I don't sing, of course I ought to sing, Naev. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:mirum, quin ab avo ejus, aut proavo acciperem,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 125:mirum quin te advorsus dicat,
id. Am. 2, 2, 118:quid mirum?
what wonder? Ov. A. A. 3, 110.— Comp., only ante-class.: mirior inquam tibi videor, Titin. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: quid hoc mirius? Varr. ap. Non. 135, 29.— Subst.: mīra, ōrum, n., wonders, marvels:nimia mira memoras,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 57:septem mira,
the seven wonders of the world, Lact. 3, 24, 1.—Hence, adv.: mīrē, wonderfully, marvellously, strangely, uncommonly, exceedingly (class.):puero municipia mire favent,
Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:factus canis,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 102:laudare,
id. 29, 3, 12, § 54:gratus,
id. 29, 1, 6, § 13:afficere,
Juv. 14, 24.—With a noun:mire opifex,
Pers. 6, 3:mire quam illius loci cogitatio delectat,
extraordinarily, exceedingly, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3 (al. mire quantum). -
14 mirus
mīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. smi; v. miror], wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, extraordinary (class.):mirum et magnum facinus,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 97:mirum me desiderium tenet urbis,
Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 11:miris modis odisse aliquem,
wonderfully, exceedingly, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 104; so,miris modis, adverbially,
wonderfully, strangely, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 5; id. Men. 5, 7, 50; id. Rud. 3, 1, 1; id. Merc. 2, 1, 1:mirum in modum conversae sunt hominum mentes,
astonishingly, surprisingly, Caes. B. G. 1, 41:sibi mirum videri, quid in suā Galliā populo Romano negotii esset,
id. ib. 1, 34.—With a foll. si:minime mirum, si ista res, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55:quid mirum in senibus, si infirmi sunt aliquando?
id. Sen. 11, 35: mirum quam or quantum, it is wonderful how, how very, how much, i. e. extraordinarily, exceedingly:mirum quam inimicus ibat, ut ego objurgarem,
Cic. Att. 15, 40:id, mirum quantum profuit ad concordiam civitatis,
Liv. 2, 1; so,mirum ut: mirum dictu, ut sit omnis Sarmatarum virtus velut extra ipsos,
Tac. H. 1, 79: mirum ni or nisi, it would be wonderful, I should wonder, I am very much mistaken, if not, i. e. most probably, undoubtedly, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 43:mira sunt, nisi invitavit sese in cena plusculum,
id. Am. 1, 1, 127:mira sunt ni Pseudulust,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 118; id. Trin. 4, 2, 19 Brix ad loc.:socer, et medicus me insanire aiebant: quid sit, mira sunt,
I wonder what it means, it is incomprehensible to me, id. Men. 5, 7, 56: mirum ni or quin, undoubtedly, certainly: quid ploras pater? Mirum ni cantem: condemnatus sum, I wonder I don't sing, of course I ought to sing, Naev. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:mirum, quin ab avo ejus, aut proavo acciperem,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 125:mirum quin te advorsus dicat,
id. Am. 2, 2, 118:quid mirum?
what wonder? Ov. A. A. 3, 110.— Comp., only ante-class.: mirior inquam tibi videor, Titin. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: quid hoc mirius? Varr. ap. Non. 135, 29.— Subst.: mīra, ōrum, n., wonders, marvels:nimia mira memoras,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 57:septem mira,
the seven wonders of the world, Lact. 3, 24, 1.—Hence, adv.: mīrē, wonderfully, marvellously, strangely, uncommonly, exceedingly (class.):puero municipia mire favent,
Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:factus canis,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 102:laudare,
id. 29, 3, 12, § 54:gratus,
id. 29, 1, 6, § 13:afficere,
Juv. 14, 24.—With a noun:mire opifex,
Pers. 6, 3:mire quam illius loci cogitatio delectat,
extraordinarily, exceedingly, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3 (al. mire quantum). -
15 quam-vīs
quam-vīs adv. and conj. I. Adv, as you will, as much as you will, however much, as much as possible, very much, extremely, exceedingly: quamvis multos nominatim proferre, any number: quamvis callide, quamvis audacter, quamvis impudenter: quamvis pauci, Cs.: quamvis vitiosissimus orator. — II. Conj, as much as you will, how much soever, however much, although, albeit: homines, quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, etc.: quamvis mihi res non placeat: ipsas quamvis angusti terminus aevi Excipiat, At, etc., V.: senectus enim quamvis non sit gravis: quamvis patrem suum numquam viderat: erat inter eos dignitate regiā, quamvis carebat nomine, N.: quamvis infesto animo et minaci perveneras, L.: amat nostram, quamvis est rustica, Musam, V.: quamvis tacet Hermogenes, H.: quamvis tamen oderat illam, O.—Ellipt.: res bello gesserat, quamvis rei p. calamitosas, attamen magnas: ratio quamvis falsa. -
16 quamvis
quam-vīs, adv. and conj.I.Adv., as you will, as much as you will or like, ever so much, ever so; hence, to designate a very high degree, as much as possible, very much, exceedingly (class.):II.quamvis multos nominatim proferre,
as many as you will, very many, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:esse quamvis facetum atque salsum,
id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:quamvis callide, quamvis audacter, quamvis impudenter,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:quamvis subito,
id. Lael. 5, 17: et praeter eos quamvis enumeres multos licet, ever so many, id. Leg. 3, 10, 24:per populum quamvis justum et moderatum,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; 2, 30, 101:quamvis pauci,
Caes. B. G. 4, 2:quamvis pernix,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 79:ridiculus,
id. Men. 2, 2, 43:humanus et jocosus homo,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5.—With sup.:quamvis vitiosissimus orator,
Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103; Col. 7, 8, 4; 2, 2, 25; 4, 24, 19; Tac. H. 2, 30; 3, 28; Quint. 6, prooem. 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 1.—Conj., as much as ever you will, i. e. how much soever, however much, although, albeit; regularly joined with subj. (not so in Livy); only rarely, and mostly post-Aug., with indic. (v. infra).(α).With subj.:(β).homines, quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 39:non igitur potestas est cum velis opitulandi rei publicae, quamvis ea prematur periculis, nisi, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:quamvis sit magna (exspectatio), tamen eam vinces,
id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.:quamvis prudens ad cogitandum sis sicut es, tamen nisi, etc.,
id. Att. 12, 37, 2;and with this cf.: huc accedit, quod quamvis ille felix sit sicut est, tamen, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:ipsas quamvis angusti terminus aevi Excipiat... At genus immortale manet,
Verg. G. 4, 206.—In a negative clause: senectus enim quamvis non sit gravis,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11; 26, 97; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23:quamvis non fueris suasor,
Cic. Att. 16, 7, 2.—With indic.:(γ).erat inter eos dignitate regiā, quamvis carebat nomine,
Nep. Milt. 2, 2:quamvis infesto animo et minaci perveneras,
Liv. 2, 40, 7; Cels. 1 praef.:quamvis est enim omnis hyperbole ultra finem, non tamen esse debet ultra modum,
Quint. 8, 6, 73:carne tamen quamvis distat nil,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 29:quamvis tacet Hermogenes,
id. ib. 1, 3, 129; cf. Dillenb. ad Hor. C. 1, 28, 13; Verg. A. 5, 542; Ov. M. 2, 782. In Cic. only in joining to his discourse a Lucilian verse beginning with quamvis, Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86.—Without a verb, Carm. Marci ap. Fest. s. v. negumate, p. 165 Müll.:res bello gesserat, quamvis rei publicae calamitosas, attamen magnas,
Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 116:quamvis iniqua passi,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 224; Col. 9, 14, 14. -
17 quis
1.quis, quid (old nom. plur. QVES, S. C. Bacch.), pron. interrog. [Sanscr. kis, in nakis = nemo; Gr. tis], who? which? what? what man? (while qui, quae, quod, interrog. is used adject.; for exceptions, v. qui and infra.—Quis is properly used only of more than two; uter, which of two? v. infra).I.Masc. and fem. quis; lit.,A.As subst., in a direct question.1.Of males:2.unde es? cujus es?
whose are you? to whom do you belong? Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 44: Da. Quis homo est? Pa. Ego sum Pamphilus, who is there? Ter. And. 5, 6, 1:quis clarior in Graeciā Themistocle? quis potentior?
Cic. Lael. 12, 42; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:quis Dionem doctrinis omnibus expolivit? non Plato?
id. ib. 3, 34, 139.—Quis, of females, as subst. and adj. (ante- and post-class.): et quis illaec est, quae? etc., Enn. ap. Non. 198, 3 (Trag. v. 133 Vahl.): quis tu es mulier, quae? etc., Pac. ap. Non. 197, 33; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.:B.quis ea est, quam? etc.,
who is she? Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48:quis haec est?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 18:quis illaec est mulier, quae? etc.,
id. Ep. 4, 1, 6:sed haec quis mulier est?
id. Truc. 1, 1, 76: quis nostrarum fuit, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23: quis haec est simia? Afran. ap. Charis. 1, p. 84.—As adj.1.Absol., what? i. e. what sort of a person or thing? quis videor? Cha. Miser aeque atque ego, in what state or condition do I seem? what do you think of me now? Ter. And. 4, 2, 19:2.quis ego sum? aut quae in me est facultas?
Cic. Lael. 5, 17. —With nouns.(α).With words denoting a person (class.):(β).quis eum senator appellavit,
Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12:quis gracilis puer,
Hor. C. 1, 5, 1.—In gen. (in Cic. only before a vowel, for qui):II.quis color,
Verg. G. 2, 178:quisve locus,
Liv. 5, 40:quod caedis initium? quis finis?
Tac. A. 1, 48:quis esset tantus fructus?
Cic. Lael. 6, 22. —In neutr.A.Lit.1.In simple constr.:2.quid dicam de moribus facillimis,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11:quid est judicium corrumpere, si hoc non est?
what is bribing the court, if this be not? id. Verr. 1, 10, 28:quid ais? quid tibi nomen est?
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208.—With gen. partit., what? i. e. what sort of? what kind of a? quid mulieris Uxorem habes? what sort of a woman have you for a wife? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21:3.quid illuc est hominum secundum litus?
what is that knot of people? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 60:quid caelati argenti, quid stragulae vestis, quid pictarum tabularum... apud illum putatis esse?
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; cf.esp.: hoc enim, quis homo sit, ostendere est, non quid homo sit, dicere,
i. e. to point out an individual, not to define a class, Gell. 4, 1, 12.—Esp. in phrase quid dico? what do I say? in correcting or strengthening the speaker's own expression:B.Romae a. d. XIIII. Kal. volumus esse. Quid dico? Volumus? Immo vero cogimur,
Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1; id. Fam. 5, 15, 2; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. de Or. 2, 90, 365; id. Lig. 9, 26.—Transf.1.Quid? how? why? wherefore? quid? tu me hoc tibi mandasse existimas, ut? etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:2.quid hoc?
id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25:quid? eundem nonne destituisti?
id. Phil. 2, 38, 99:eloquere, quid venisti?
why? wherefore? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 221:sed quid ego argumentor? quid plura disputo?
Cic. Mil. 16, 44. —In quid? wherefore? for what? Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3. —3.Quid, with particles:III.quid, quod?
what shall be said to this, that? how is it that? and furthermore, moreover, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. Ac. 2, 29, 95 et saep.:quid ita?
why so? id. N. D. 1, 35, 99: quid ni, also in one word, quidni? why not? (in rhet. questions, while cur non expects an answer); always with subj., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 34; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 73; Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; id. Ira, 1, 6, 1; cf.separated: quid ego ni teneam?
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 57; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28;and pleonastically: quid ni non,
Sen. Ep. 52: quid si? how if? Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:quid si illud addimus,
Cic. Lael. 14, 50:quid tum?
what then? how then? id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26; Verg. A. 4, 543; id. E. 10, 38; Hor. S. 2, 3, 230:quid ergo, ironically,
Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 14:quid enim,
id. Fin. 2, 19, 62; Liv. 20, 9.—In indirect discourse:2.quis sim, ex eo quem ad te misi, cognosces,
Sall. C. 44, 5:rogitat quis vir esset,
Liv. 1, 7, 9:videbis, quid et quo modo,
Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quis quem, who... whom? who... the other? considera, quis quem fraudasse dicatur, who is said to have defrauded whom? id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21:quos autem numeros cum quibus misceri oporteat, nunc dicendum est,
what... with what? id. Or. 58, 196:notatum in sermone, quid quo modo caderet,
Quint. 1, 6, 16. — Quid with gen.:exponam vobis breviter, quid hominis sit,
what sort of a man he is, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:sciturum, quid ejus sit,
what there is in it, how much of it may be true, id. Att. 16, 4, 3.— Rarely for uter, which of two, whether:incerti quae pars sequenda esset,
Liv. 21, 39, 6:proelia de occupando ponte crebra erant, nec qui potirentur, satis discerni poterat,
id. 7, 9, 7:ut dii legerent, qui nomen novae urbi daret,
id. 1, 6, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; id. 1, 24, 3; 9, 45, 8; 10, 12, 5; cf.: validior per Germaniam exercitus, propior aput Pannoniam;quos igitur anteferret?
Tac. A. 1, 47.quis, quid, pron. indef.I.As subst.A.Alone, any one, any body, any thing; some one, somebody, something:B.aperite, heus! Simoni me adesse, quis nunciate,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 37:simplicior quis, et est, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 63:quantum quis damni professus erat,
Tac. A. 2, 26:quanto quis clarior,
id. H. 3, 58:injuriam cui facere,
Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71.—In connection with si, ne, nisi, cum:II.si te in judicium quis adducat,
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:ne cui falso assentiamur,
id. Fin. 3, 21, 72:si tecum agas quid,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:si quid in te peccavi ignosce,
id. Att. 3, 15, 4:si quis quid de re publicā rumore acceperit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 20:si quo usui esse posset,
Liv. 40, 26, 8:ne quid nimis,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 34:nisi quid existimas, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2:neve quis invitam cogeret esse suam,
Prop. 1, 3, 30:cum quid,
Col. 4, 25.—As adj.:3.jam quis forsitan hostis Haesura in nostro tela gerit latere,
Tib. 1, 10, 13.quīs, for quibus, v. quis and qui. -
18 aestimatio
aestĭmātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].I.The estimating a thing according to its extrinsic (money) value, valuation, appraisement:II.in censu habendo potestas omnis aestimationis habendae censori permittitur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53: aestimatio frumenti, the determination of the prœtor ( legate or quœstor), how much ready money one should pay, instead of the corn which he was to furnish, id. ib. 2, 3, 92:erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus non capitalis esset, quasi poenae aestimatio,
i. e. a commutation of corporal punishment for a fine, id. de Or. 1, 54, 232.—So esp. litis or litium aestimatio, in Roman civil law, an estimating, valuation of the contested matter; in criminal law also, the stating how much the convicted person had to pay, an assessment of damages, Cic. Clu. 41, 116; id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45 (cf. lis aestimata, id. ib. 1, 13):lex de multarum aestimatione,
Liv. 4, 30.— After the civil war, Cæsar, in order to enable debtors to cancel the demands against them, decreed an aestimatio possessionum, i. e. an estimation or appraisement of real estate, according to the value which it had before the war, and compelled the creditors to take this in payment instead of money; they were also obliged to deduct from the sum demanded any interest that had been paid; v. Caes. B. C. 3, 1; and Suet. Caes. 42. Hence, in aestimationem accipere, to accept or agree to such a valuation, or payment by real estate at a high price:a Marco Laberio C. Albinius praedia in aestimationem accepit,
Cic. Fam. 13, 8.—And meton., with an allusion to the law of Cæsar: aestimationes [p. 62] = praedia, the real estate received in payment:quando aestimationes tuas vendere non potes,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18. Since the creditor was a loser by this regulation, aestimationem accipere, to suffer injury or loss, id. ib. 16.—Trop.A.A valuation, i. e. an estimation of a thing according to its intrinsic worth (while existimatio denotes the consideration, regard due to an object on account of its nominal value):B.bonum hoc est quidem plurimi aestimandum, sed ea aestimatio genere valet, non magnitudine,
Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 34; so 3, 13, 44;3, 6: semper aestimationem arbitriumque ejus honoris penes senatum fuisse,
Liv. 3, 63:semper infra aliorum aestimationes se metiens,
Vell. 1, 127; 97; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67:aestimatione rectā severus, deterius interpretantibus tristior habebatur,
Tac. H. 1, 14 al. — -
19 mensura
mensūra. ae, f. [metior], a measuring, measure (class.).I.Lit.:II.mensuram facere alicujus, Ov A. A. 3, 265: agere,
to measure, survey, Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5:inire. Col 5, 3: res (quae) pondere numero mensura constant,
Gai. Inst. 2, 196.—Transf., a measure, by which any thing is measured:B.majore mensurā reddere,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48:qui modus mensurae medimnus appellatur,
kind of measure, Nep. Att. 2, 6:mensuras et pondera invenit Phidon Argivus, aut Palamedes,
Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198:ex aquā, i. e. clepsydra,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13:quicquid sub aurium mensuram aliquam cadit, numerus vocatur,
Cic. Or 20, 67:de mensura jus dicere,
Juv. 10, 101. —Trop., measure, quantity, proportion, capacity, power, extent, degree, etc.:dare alicui mensuram bibendi,
to prescribe how much one may drink, Ov. A. A. 1, 589:nostri orbis,
Tac. Agr. 12:beneficii,
Plin. Ep. 10, 12, 2:qui tanti mensuram nominis imples,
i. e. who answerest to its meaning, art worthy of it, Ov. P. 1, 2, 1:ficti crescit,
measure, size, id. M. 12, 57: sui, one's own measure, i. e. capacity, Juv. 11, 35:sed deerat pisci patinae mensura,
was too small, Juv. 4, 72: nuribus Argolicis fui Mensura voti, I was the measure of their wishes, i. e. they desired to have as much as I possessed, Sen. Herc. Oet. 400:submittere se ad mensuram discentis,
to accommodate one's self to the capacity of the learner, Quint. 2, 3, 7: legati, character, standing. Tac. H. 1, 52:mensura tamen quae sufficiat census,
how large a fortune, Juv. 14. 316.—In painting:Apelles cedebat Asclepiodoro de mensuris, hoc est quanto quid a quoque distare deberet,
the degree of prominence, and relative distances, of parts of a picture, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80.—In gram.:mensurae verborum,
the quantities of their syllables, Quint. 10, 1, 10. -
20 quantuslibet
quantus-lĭbet, tălibet, tumlĭbet, adj., as great as you please, how great soever, ever so great ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):quantolibet ordine dignus,
Ov. F. 6, 669:saevitia hiemis,
Col. 8, 17, 11:facilitas,
Tac. Agr. 6:quantālibet lassitudine recreari defessos,
Plin. 27, 12, 104, § 127.— Neutr. adverb.: quantum-lĭbet, how much soever, ever so much:quantumlibet intersit,
Liv. 39, 37, 14; Quint. 12, 6, 4:te quantumlibet oderint hostes,
Eum. Pan. Const. 10.
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