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1 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
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