quantum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →quantus, quanta, quantum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
how great; how much/many; of what size/amount/degree/number/worth/price;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →quantum:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
so much as; how much; how far;
Examples
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...terram concusso stipite frondes; ipsa haeret scopulis et quantum vertice ad auras aetherias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tendere pergant. pascentes illae tantum prodire volando quantum acie possent oculi servare sequentum. inde ubi venere ad fauces..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...regem picta movet nec sceptra movent Priameia tantum quantum in conubio natae thalamoque moratur, et veteris Fauni volvit..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...promittere curae, quod fieri ferro liquidove potest electro, quantum ignes animaeque valent, absiste precando viribus indubitare tuis..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...mole sua stat; atque oculis spatium emensus quantum satis hastae: 'dextra mihi deus et telum, quod missile libro..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sospite dirum optabis nato funus pater. ei mihi quantum praesidium, Ausonia, et quantum tu perdis, Iule!' Haec..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sedato respondit corde Latinus: 'o praestans animi iuvenis, quantum ipse feroci virtute exsuperas, tanto me impensius aequum..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arcem, mercatique solum, facti de nomine Byrsam, taurino quantum possent circumdare tergo. Sed vos qui tandem, quibus..."