qua-si

   condición sin la cual no; condición indispensable

   ◘ Loc. lat. (pron. [sine-kuá-non] o [sine-kua-nón]) que significa literalmente 'sin la cual no'. Se emplea con el sentido de '[condición] que resulta indispensable para algo': " La democracia es una condición sine qua non para pertenecer al Mercosur" ( DAméricas [EE. UU.] 4.3.97). Aunque el pronombre latino qua es femenino singular (pues en latín esta locución se aplicaba solo al sustantivo condicio 'condición'), en español esta expresión se ha lexicalizado y no solo se usa referida a condición,sino también a sustantivos similares de uno u otro género, como característica, requisito, etc., y tanto en singular como en plural: "Esta evacuación es una de las condiciones sine qua non presentadas por Yasser Arafat para reanudar las negociaciones" ( Vanguardia [Esp.] 22.3.94); "La coordinación deviene un requisito sine qua non del trabajo en las regiones de refugio" (Aguirre Antropología [Méx. 1986]). En estos casos es preferible usar los adjetivos españoles indispensable o inexcusable.[RAE: Diccionario panhispánico de dudas. Madrid: Santillana, 2005, p. 606-607]

   condición indispensable

   ver: sine qua non

• Condition without which not, or an essential condition or requirement

• Something/someone indispensable

  1) чем, каким образом, как;

  2) почему, вследсвие чего;

  3) а потому, поэтому

quā̆dro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [quadrus].

Act., to make four-cornered, to square, make square:

abies atque populus ad unguem quadrantur,

Col. 11, 2, 13:

lapides,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 17.—

Transf., to put in proper order, to join properly together, to complete, perfect:

quadrandae orationis industria,

in properly arranging, Cic. Or. 58, 197:

quae pars quadrat acervum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 35 Orell. ad loc. —

Neutr. ( to be square, said of squared stones for building, which fit well together; hence), transf., to square or agree with, to fit, suit:

secto via limite quadret,

Verg. G. 2, 278:

eam conjunctionem quadrare volumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia in istam quadrant,

fit her, id. Cael. 29, 69:

ad multa,

to suit in many respects, id. Att. 4, 18:

quoniam tibi ita quadrat,

it seems to you so proper, pleases you so, id. Brut. 11, 43.—

Trop.

Of accounts, to square, agree, accord:

quomodo sexcenta eodem modo quadrarint,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92: visum est hoc mihi ad multa quadrare. id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3).—

Of words, to be fitting, appropriate:

scire, quod quoque loco verborum maxime quadret,

Quint. 9, 4, 60.— Hence, quā̆drātus, a, um, P. a.

In gen., squared, square, quadrate (class.): quadrata basis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: pes, a square foot, Plin, 33, 4, 21, § 75; Col. 5, 1, 6; 5, 2, 5:

saxum,

squared, hewn stone, Liv. 10, 23; so, lapis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: littera, capital letters, which are composed of square strokes, Petr. 29:

statura,

square, robust, Suet. Vesp. 20:

corpus,

Cels. 2, 1:

boves,

stout, vigorous, Col. 6, 1, 3:

canis,

id. 7, 12, 4:

signa,

i.e. statues, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56: agmen, a marching in regular order of battle; also, an army advancing in regular order of battle, so that the whole body forms a parallelogram, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121:

quadratum acies consistat in agmen,

Tib. 4 (5), 1, 100:

ut inde agmine quadrato ad urbem accederet,

in order of battle, Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18; 2, 42, 108; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Liv. 21, 5, 16; Curt. 5, 1, 19; Sen. Ep. 59, 6:

quadrato agmine incedere,

Sall. J. 100, 1; v. agmen; cf.: quadrato Exercitu, Cat. ap. Non. p. 204, 33:

pallium,

square, four-cornered, Petr. 135:

numerus,

a square number, Gell. 1, 20, 4:

versus,

a verse of eight feet, id. 2, 29, 20: Roma, the most ancient Rome, built in the form of a square, on the Mons Palatinus; and, in a narrower sense, the enclosed square place on the summit of the Palatine, the mundus of all cities built in the Etruscan fashion, Fest. p. 258 Müll.; cf. on the Roma quadrata, Becker, Alterth. 1, p. 105 sq. —

quā̆drātum, i, n.

A [p. 1501] square, a quadrate:

dimensio quadrati,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

mutat quadrata rotundis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100:

in quadratum,

into a square, tetragon, Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 189; Quint. 1, 10, 40.—

Astronom. t. t., quadrature, quartile, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

luna in quadrato solis dividua est,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80.—

quā̆drātus, i, m., a square, quadrate:

marmorum quadrati,

Cassiod. Var. 2, 7. —

Transf., fitting, suitable (rare):

lenis et quadrata verborum compositio,

Quint. 2, 5, 9; cf. id. 9, 4, 69. — Hence, adv.: quā̆drātē, fourfold, four times (post-class.), Manil. 2, 295.

quā̆drŭpēs ( quā̆drĭpes), pĕdis ( gen. plur. quadrupedium, Capitol. Ver. 5, 2), adj. [quattuor-pes], having four feet, going on four feet; esp.,

Galloping (post-Aug.): ecus, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 5, 4; cf. Macr. S. 6, 9, 10:

equestri celeritate, quadrupedi cursu solum replaudens,

App. M. 6, p. 185, 7.— Transf.:

dum certum flectit in orbem Quadrupedis cursus,

Ov. M. 6, 226.—

Of persons, on all fours, creeping, going on hands and feet:

atque audin? quadrupedem constringito,

so that he can only move on all fours, Ter. And. 5, 2, 24:

mox quadrupes (infans) rituque tulit sua membra ferarum,

Ov. M. 15, 222:

homines... bestiarum more quadrupedes coërcuit,

Suet. Calig. 27; id. Ner.48.—

Subst.: quā̆drŭpēs, ĕdis, m., f., and n., a quadruped, four-footed creature.

Masc., mostly of beasts of draught or burden; v. Quint. 8, 6, 20:

calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivum,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 11: reprime parumper vim citatūm quadrupedum, Att. ap. Non. 495, 20:

quadrupedum vectiones, quorum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

de omnibus quadrupedibus... qui idonei sunt, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 1; Verg. A. 11, 714:

saucius quadrupes,

id. ib. 7, 500.—

Contemptuously (opp. bipes),

Cic. Dom. 18, 48:

nihil inter te atque inter quadrupedem interesse,

id. Par. 1, 3, 14:

quadrupes nequissime,

App. M. 7, p. 200, 10.—

Fem. (sc. bestia): ducite eo mutas quadrupedes, Naev. ap. Non. p. 924 (Trag. Rel. v. 28 Rib.):

si quamvis quadrupedem serpens momorderit,

Cato, R. R. 102; Enn. ap. Non. p. 407, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 219 Vahl.): quadrupes tardigrada, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133 (Trag. Rel. v. 2 Rib.):

quadrupes qua vasta tenetur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Verg. E. 5, 26:

sollicitari quadripedes cunctas,

Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—

Neutr. (sc. animal):

cetera quadrupedia,

Col. 11, 2, 33:

majora,

id. 11, 2, 14:

crocodilum, quadripes malum et infestum,

Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89:

plurima autem obruerit quadrupedia,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 36.

quā-propter, weswegen, weshalb, warum, I) interrog.: non opus est. Ch. Quapropter? Ter.: in indirekter Frage u. zwar in der Tmesis, quid ego feci, qua istaec propter dicta dicantur mihi, Plaut. – II) relat.: non tu scis, quapropter etc., Ter.: in der Tmesis, qua me propter eduxi foras, Ter. – zum Anknüpfen eines konsekutiven Hauptsatzes, daher, deswegen, deshalb, wie Lucr. 1, 127 u.a. (s. Holtze Synt. Lucr. p. 10). Ter. heaut. 357. Cic. Caecin. 78 u.a.

quā-cumquē ( - cunque) (in tmesi:

quā porro cumque,

Lucr. 1, 508:

quā se cunque tulit,

Verg. A. 11, 762), adv.

By whatever way, wherever, wheresoever (class.):

quācumque iter fecit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 44; id. Clu. 68, 193:

quācunque ingredimur,

id. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

quācumque custodiant,

Liv. 24, 2:

quācumque equo invectus est,

Liv. 8, 9, 12.—

Transf.

Whencesoever, from what side soever:

hujus erat Minerva spectantem aspectans, quācumque aspiceretur,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120.—

Whithersoever:

quācumque nos commovimus, ad Caesaris acta revocamur,

Cic. Att. 14, 17, 6.—

By whatsoever means, in whatever way:

nisi me quācumque novas incidere lites monuisset cornix,

Verg. E. 9, 14.

quā-cumquē ( - cunque) (in tmesi:

quā porro cumque,

Lucr. 1, 508:

quā se cunque tulit,

Verg. A. 11, 762), adv.

By whatever way, wherever, wheresoever (class.):

quācumque iter fecit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 44; id. Clu. 68, 193:

quācunque ingredimur,

id. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

quācumque custodiant,

Liv. 24, 2:

quācumque equo invectus est,

Liv. 8, 9, 12.—

Transf.

Whencesoever, from what side soever:

hujus erat Minerva spectantem aspectans, quācumque aspiceretur,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120.—

Whithersoever:

quācumque nos commovimus, ad Caesaris acta revocamur,

Cic. Att. 14, 17, 6.—

By whatsoever means, in whatever way:

nisi me quācumque novas incidere lites monuisset cornix,

Verg. E. 9, 14.

quā̆drāgēsĭmus (old form † quā̆drāgensŭmus, Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. 6, p. 296), a, um, adj. [quadraginta].

The fortieth:

pars quadragesima,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2: nono et quadragesimo die, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 7:

anno fere centesimo et quadragesimo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; id. Fam. 10, [p. 1499] 33, 5:

pars quadragesima octava,

Col. 5, 1, 9; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37.—

Subst.: quā̆drāgēsĭma, ae, f. (sc. pars), the fortieth part, a fortieth:

quadragesima summae,

Suet. Calig. 40.—

In partic.

As a tax, the fortieth part, a fortieth (as with us, a tenth, a tithe):

abolitio quadragesimae quinquagesimaeque,

Tac. A. 13, 51:

quadragesimae portorium sive vectigal,

Symm. Ep. 5, 65:

publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit,

Suet. Vesp. 1: C. ATIO ALCIMO FELICIANO... PROG. QVADRAG. GALLIARVM, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Veron.; cf.

abbrev., TABVLARIVS XXXX. GALLIAR.,

Inscr. Orell. 3344.—

In eccl. Lat., the Christian fast of forty days, Lent, Hier. Ep. 41, 3.

quā̆drāgēsĭmus (old form † quā̆drāgensŭmus, Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. 6, p. 296), a, um, adj. [quadraginta].

The fortieth:

pars quadragesima,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2: nono et quadragesimo die, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 7:

anno fere centesimo et quadragesimo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; id. Fam. 10, [p. 1499] 33, 5:

pars quadragesima octava,

Col. 5, 1, 9; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37.—

Subst.: quā̆drāgēsĭma, ae, f. (sc. pars), the fortieth part, a fortieth:

quadragesima summae,

Suet. Calig. 40.—

In partic.

As a tax, the fortieth part, a fortieth (as with us, a tenth, a tithe):

abolitio quadragesimae quinquagesimaeque,

Tac. A. 13, 51:

quadragesimae portorium sive vectigal,

Symm. Ep. 5, 65:

publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit,

Suet. Vesp. 1: C. ATIO ALCIMO FELICIANO... PROG. QVADRAG. GALLIARVM, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Veron.; cf.

abbrev., TABVLARIVS XXXX. GALLIAR.,

Inscr. Orell. 3344.—

In eccl. Lat., the Christian fast of forty days, Lent, Hier. Ep. 41, 3.

quā̆drāgēsĭmus (old form † quā̆drāgensŭmus, Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. 6, p. 296), a, um, adj. [quadraginta].

The fortieth:

pars quadragesima,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2: nono et quadragesimo die, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 7:

anno fere centesimo et quadragesimo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; id. Fam. 10, [p. 1499] 33, 5:

pars quadragesima octava,

Col. 5, 1, 9; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37.—

Subst.: quā̆drāgēsĭma, ae, f. (sc. pars), the fortieth part, a fortieth:

quadragesima summae,

Suet. Calig. 40.—

In partic.

As a tax, the fortieth part, a fortieth (as with us, a tenth, a tithe):

abolitio quadragesimae quinquagesimaeque,

Tac. A. 13, 51:

quadragesimae portorium sive vectigal,

Symm. Ep. 5, 65:

publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit,

Suet. Vesp. 1: C. ATIO ALCIMO FELICIANO... PROG. QVADRAG. GALLIARVM, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Veron.; cf.

abbrev., TABVLARIVS XXXX. GALLIAR.,

Inscr. Orell. 3344.—

In eccl. Lat., the Christian fast of forty days, Lent, Hier. Ep. 41, 3.