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quantus pronom adj. Source etymology: 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.

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