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quā-lĭbescit, adv., for qualibet, everywhere, in every way, Not. Tir. p. 35.

quālĭbet (-lŭbet, abl. from quilibet), where it pleases, i. e.

  1. I. Where you will, everywhere: qualibet perambula aedes, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 122; id. Aul. 4, 4, 19: quisquis amore tenetur, eat tutusque sacerque qualibet, Tib. 1, 2, 27: transitum praebent (flumina), Quint. 5, 13, 13.
  2. II. As you please, anyhow, in any way: qualubet esse notus optas? Cat. 40, 6; 76, 13.

quālis, e, pron. adj. [quis; kindr. with Gr. πη-λίκος; Goth. huc-leik; Germ. welcher], how constituted, of what sort, kind, or nature, what kind of a (class.).

  1. I. Interrog.: qualine amico mea commendavi bona? Call. Probo, et fideli, et fido, Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 3: qualis oratoris et quanti hominis in dicendo putas esse historiam scribere? Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51: quali fide, quali pietate existimatis eos esse, qui, etc., Cic. Font. 10, 21: qualis est istorum oratio? what kind of a speech is that? id. Ac. 2, 14, 44
    In exclamations: hei mihi, qualis erat! Verg. A. 2, 274; Enn. ap. Serv. ad loc. (Ann. v. 7 Vahl.): O Romule, Romule, dic, qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt! Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 116 Vahl.).
    In indirect questions: nam cogitato, qualem haberes gratiam (si, etc.), Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 54: ego te qualis sis scio, id. Aul. 2, 2, 40; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 20: ipsius rei natura qualis et quanta sit quaerimus, Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: qualis esset natura montis, cognoscere, Caes. B. G. 1, 21: doce me quales sint corpore, what sort of a body they have, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65.
  2. II. Rel., with or without the correlative talis, so constituted, of such a sort, kind, or nature, such as, as: ut qualem te jam antea populo Romano, praebuisti, talem te et nobis impertias, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11: ut res non tales, quales ante habitae sint, habendae videantur, id. Inv. 2, 58, 176; id. Off. 2, 13, 44: in hoc bello, quale bellum nulla barbaria gessit, the like of which, id. Cat. 3, 10, 25; id. Phil. 2, 7, 17: equitum acies, qualis quae esse instructissima potest, etc., Liv. 8, 39: tale tuum carmen nobis, quale, etc., Verg. E. 5, 47: bis sexqualia nunc hominum producit corpora tellus, id. A. 12, 899.
    1. B. Esp., in quotations and citations, as, as for instance, as for example: aperta et clara (somnia), quale est de illo, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 66, 135: cum proposito dissimili vel contrario ratio subjungitur: quale est Demosthenis: non enim, etc., Quint. 5, 14, 4; so id. 1, 5, 65 Zumpt N. cr.; 3, 6, 41; 3, 11, 6 et saep. al.
      1. 2. Poet. for the adv. qualiter, as, just as: qualis populea moerens philomela sub umbra Amissos queritur fetus, Verg. G. 4, 511; id. A. 3, 679; 4, 143: quale caelum Subrubet, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 35; id. M. 3, 682.
      2. 3. Repeated: qualis qualis (post-class. for qualiscumque), of what quality soever, whatsoever: quali quali obligatione interpositā, Dig. 20, 5, 12.
  3. III. Indef.: quale, having some quality or other: et ita effici quae appellant qualia, Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 28: prius aliquid esse debet, deinde quale esse, Sen. Ep. 117, 28.
    Adv.: quā-lĭter.
    1. A. In what way or manner, how: refert, villa qualiter aedificetur, Col. 1, 4, 6; Mart. 5, 7, 1.
      Qualiter qualiter, in what manner soever, for qualitercumque (postclass.), Dig. 4, 4, 7.
    2. B. Just as, as: lacri mae fluxere per ora, Qualiter abjectā de nive manat aquā, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 57; Cels. praef. p. 6; Val. Fl. 5, 305; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193.
    3. C. Repeated: qualiter qualiter, in whatever manner, however, Dig. 4, 4, 7 pr.; 9, 2, 7, § 1; 26, 7, 5, § 10.

quālis-cumque, quale-cumque, or -cunque (separated: quale id cumque est, Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 76; Ov. P. 4, 13, 6), adj. [qualis].

  1. I. Rel., of what quality soever, of whatever kind (class.).
    1. A. With verb: licet videre, qualescumque summi civitatis viri fuerunt, talem civitatem fuisse, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 31: sed homines benevolos, qualescumque sunt, grave est insequi contumeliā, be they as they may, id. Att. 14, 14, 5.
    2. B. Absol. by ellipsis of verb, in emphatic expressions (v. Zumpt, § 706): qualicumque urbis statu sisti potuisse, Liv. 2, 44, 10: pluris qualemcunque vitam honestā morte aestimare, Curt. 5, 8, 6: si libertatem sequimur, qui locus hoc dominatu vacat? Sin qualemcunque locum, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; id. Att. 9, 6, 4: imperatores voto expetere, qualescumque tolerare, Tac. H. 4, 8; id. A. 11, 4: carmina lector Commendet dulci qualiacumque sono, Ov. A. A. 2, 283; Liv. 38, 9, 2; Quint. 9, 10, 1; 11, 1, 14; Curt. 5, 9, 12; Suet. Calig. 8; Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.
  2. II. Transf., indef., any without exception, any whatever: sin qualemcumque locum sequimur, quae est domestica sede jucundior? Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; Manil. 2, 856.
    Hence, adv.: quālĭtercumquē or -cunquē, in what way soever, howsoever, be it as it may (post-Aug.), i. q. utcunque, Col. 2, 10, 2: proeliare, Just. 2, 11, 11; Flor. 3, 19, 1; Col. 11, 3, 34; Dig. 27, 1, 21.

quālis-lĭbet, quale-libet, pron. indef., of what quality it pleases, of what sort you will (post-class.): pisces, Apic. 4, 2, § 143; Aug. Ep. 48; Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 21 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 93, written separately).

quālis-nam, pron. rel., of what quality, what sort of a (post-class.): qualisnam accusatio futura esset, App. Mag. p. 274, 21.

quālis-quālis, quālequāle, adj., i. q. qualiscumque, of what quality soever, of whatever kind (post-class.), Dig. 4, 9, 7, § 4; 25, 4, 1, § 13; 43, 8, 2, § 11; 50, 14, 3 al.

quālĭtas, ātis, f. [qualis, III.], a quality, property, nature, state, condition (class.; a word formed by Cicero as the translation of Gr. ποιότης; freq. only in postclass. prose), Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 24; cf.: qualitates igitur appellavi, quas ποιότητας Graeci vocant: quod ipsum apud Graecos non est vulgi verbum, sed philosophorum, id. ib. 1, 7, 25 sq.; cf. id. N. D. 2, 37, 94: litoris nostri, Col. 8, 17, 8; so, caeli, Quint. 5, 9, 15: facti, id. 7, 4, 16 et saep.
In plur.: qualitatium differentia, Plin. 36, 22, 44, § 159: ager aliis qualitatibus aestimandus est, Col. 2, 2, 17: in verbis genera et qualitates et personas et numeros, i. e. moods, Quint. 1, 4, 27: pro qualitate mensurae, Vulg. 1 Par. 28, 17: sicut in organo qualitatis sonus immutatur, the sound of the mode, or rhythm, id. Sap. 19, 17.

quālĭter, adv., v. qualis fin.

quālĭtercumquē, adv., v. qualiscumque fin.

quālum, i, n., and quālus, i, m., a wicker basket or hamper, for various purposes; a fruit-hamper, wool-basket, winestrainer, etc. (cf. colum).

    1. 1. Neutr.: quala satoria, Cato, R. R. 11, 5; so, quala, id. ib. 23, 1: mundissima, Col. 7, 3, 9.
    2. 2. Masc.: in qualos pertusos propagari, Cato, R. R. 52, 1: spisso vimine qualos, Verg. G. 2, 241 Serv.; so Hor. C. 3, 12, 4: saligneus, Col. 9, 15, 12; 8, 3, 4: vindemiatorii, Dig. 33, 7, 8 pr.; Pall. 4, 10.