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quā, adv. [abl. fem. from qui], on which side, at or in which place, in what direction, where, by what way (class.).

  1. I. Lit., of place: orasque Italicas omnis, quā adgreditur mare, sumus circumvecti, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 12: fumus si quā exit foras, id. Aul. 2, 4, 22: jubet persequi, si quā queat reperire quae sustulerit, id. Cist. 1, 3, 35: regna mihi liquit Pelops, quā ponto ab Helles urgetur Isthmos, Poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 80, 7; cf. Cic. Or. 49, 163: ad omnes introitus, quā adiri poterat, id. Caecin. 8, 21: quo loco depulsus, Caecina, quā potuit, profectus est, id. ib. 8, 22: sum e proximo vicini fundo dejectus, quā adibam ad istum fundum, id. ib. 29, 82: in templum ipse nescio quā ascendit, id. Phil. 3, 8, 20: eādem, quā ceteri, fugere noluit, id. Div. 1, 54, 123: quā se parens persequeretur, id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22: arx Athenarum, quā ad meridiem vergit, Nep. Cim. 2, 5: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, Caes. B. G. 1, 38: plurima quā silva est, Ov. M. 14, 361: complentur moenia ac tecta, quāque longissime prospectari poterat, i. e. as far as the eye could reach, Tac. A. 3, 1; Verg. A. 2, 753: quā te ducit via, dirige gressum, id. ib. 1, 401; 12, 507: oras, quā medius liquor Secernit Europen ab Afro, Hor. C. 3, 3, 46; 3, 30, 10; Ov. M. 1, 187: vagari, quā velit, wherever, wheresoever, as far as, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70: omnia, quā visus erat, constrata telis, armis, Sall. J. 101, 11; cf. Ov. M. 1, 241: quā murum ducturi erant, Liv. 1, 44; 4, 17; 5, 43: quā modo simulato metu cesserant, eā in veram fugam effusi, id. 6, 24, 11.
    Rarely with antecedent in plur.: ad omnes introitus quā adire poterat, Cic. Caecin. 8, 21: vias relaxat, veniat quā sucus in herbas, Verg. G. 1, 90: viae, quā, id. A. 5, 590: duae erant viae, quā, etc., Nep. Eum. 8, 4.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Partit.: quā . . . quā, partly . . . partly; as well . . . as; both . . . and: mores rapere properant, quā sacrum, quā publicum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 39: qui consectare quā maris quā feminas, id. Mil. 4, 2, 20; 4, 9, 15: ut si sunt quā suis quisque quā totius ordinis viribus, Liv. 2, 35, 4: omnia convestivit hederā, quā basim villae, quā intercolumnia, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5: quā dominus, quā advocati, id. Att. 2, 19, 3; 9, 12, 1: quā de Buthrotiis, quā de Bruto, id. ib. 15, 18, 2: quā falsa, quā vera, Liv. 2, 45 et saep.: quā feminae, quā viri, Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 4.
    2. B. As far as, in so far as (mostly post-Aug.): statui non ultra attingere externa, nisi quā Romanis cohaerent rebus, Liv. 39, 48: Aegyptii ignem vocant masculum, quā ardet flamma, et feminam, quā lucet innoxius tactu, Sen. Q. N. 3, 12, 2: assumere in causam naturas eorum, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt, oportebit, Quint. 4, 1, 17; Tac. A. 6, 10; cf.: in praesentia non quā filius alicujus, sed quā homo, aestimatur, Dig. 35, 2, 63.
    3. C. In what manner, how, by what method; to what degree or extent: quominus ei liceat eādem illā facultate et copiā vagari, quā velit, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70: numquid tute prospexti tibi, Quid fieret? quā fieret? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 56 (id est: quā ratione, quo modo fieret, Don.); cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 18: quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1,676: coëant in foedera dextrae, Quā datur, Verg. A. 11, 293 Forbig. ad loc.: ante praedico, M. Antonium delectus, quā possit, habiturum, in whatever manner, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5: veterem tutare sodalem, Quā licet, Ov. P. 2, 4, 33: quā licet et possum, luctor celare furorem, id. H. 15 (16), 235: quā populus laboret, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25.

1. qui, quae, quod (old forms: nom. quei; gen. quojus; dat. quoi, and in inscrr. QVOEI, QVOIEI, and QVEI; abl. qui; plur. ques or queis; fem. QVAI; neutr. qua; dat. and abl. queis and quĭs.
Joined with cum: quocum, quācum, quicum, quibuscum; rarely cum quo, Liv. 7, 33: cum quibus, id. 4, 5.
Placed also before other prepositions: quas contra, quem propter, etc.; v. h. praepp.), pron.

  1. I. Interrog., who? which? what? what kind or sort of a? (adjectively; while quis, quid is used substantively; qui, of persons, asks for the character, quis usu. for the name).
    1. A. In direct questions: quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? what sort of a feast? what kind of a festival? Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (a transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: τίς δαΐς, τίς δὲ ὅμιλος ὅδ’ ἔπλετο; cf. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 619): Th. Quis fuit igitur? Py. Iste Chaerea. Th. Qui Chaerea? what Chærea? Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8: qui color, nitor, vestitus? id. ib. 2, 2, 11: qui cantus dulcior inveniri potest? quod carmen aptius? qui actor in imitandā veritate jucundior? Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34: virgo, quae patria est tua? Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 88: occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat? what sort of a person? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96.
    2. B. In indirect discourse: scribis te velle scire, qui sit rei publicae status, what is the state of the country, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10: quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo Sit pecori … Hinc canere incipiam, Verg. G. 1, 3: iste deus qui sit da, Tityre, nobis, id. E. 1, 18; 2, 19; 3, 8; id. A. 3, 608: nescimus qui sis, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 20: qui sit, qui socium fraudarit, consideremus, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17.
  2. II. Rel., who, which, what, that, referring to a substantive or pronoun as antecedent.
    1. A. As a simple rel.
      1. 1. With antecedent expressed: habebat ducem Gabinium, quīcum quidvis rectissime facere posset, Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48: ille vir, cui patriae salus dulcior fuit, id. Balb. 5, 11: vir acer, cui, etc., id. Brut. 35, 135: vir optimus, qui, etc., id. Fam. 14, 4, 2: Priscus, vir cujus, etc., Liv. 4, 46, 10; 23, 7, 4: quod ego fui ad Trasimenum, id tu hodie es, id. 30, 30, 12: collaria, quae vocantur maelium, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15: coloniam, quam Fregellas appellent, Liv. 8, 23: sucus, quem opobalsamum vocant, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116: sidere, quod Caniculam appellavimus, id. 18, 28, 68, § 272.
      2. 2. With pronom. antecedent understood: QVI IN IVS VOCABIT, IVMENTVM DATO, Lex XII. Tabularum: SI ADORAT FVRTO, QVOD NEC MANIFESTVM ESCIT, ib. tab. 2, 1. 8: novistine hominem? ridicule rogitas, quīcum una cibum capere soleo, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60: beati, quīs contigit, etc., Verg. A. 1, 95: fac, qui ego sum, esse te, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1.
      3. 3. The rel. freq. agrees with the foll. word: est locus in carcere, quod Tullianum appellatur, Sall. C. 55, 3: ealoca, quae Numidia appellatur, id. J. 18, 11: exstat ejus peroratio, qui epilogus dicitur, Cic. Brut. 33, 127: justa gloria, qui est fructus virtutis, id. Pis. 24, 57: domicilia conjuncta, quas urbes dicimus, id. Sest. 42, 91.
      4. 4. Sometimes it agrees with the logical, not the grammatical antecedent: ne tu me arbitrare beluam, qui non novisse possim, quīcum aetatem exegerim, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112: ubi est scelus qui me perdidit? Ter. And. 3, 5, 1: hoc libro circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11: abundantia earum rerum, quae prima mortales ducunt, Sall. J. 41, 1; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2: illa furia muliebrium relligionum, qui, etc., id. ib. 1, 9, 15: alteram alam mittit, qui satagentibus occurrerent, Auct. B. Afr. 78.
      5. 5. Relating to a remote subject: annis ferme DX post Romam conditam Livius fabulam dedit … anno ante natum Ennium: qui (sc. Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; v. the commentators ad loc.; Liv. 21, 26, 2; 31, 38, 10; 37, 14, 2; cf. Krehl ad Prisc. 2, 9, § 48, p. 91.
      6. 6. The antecedent is sometimes repeated after the rel.: erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 6.
      7. 7. In a question, with ne affixed: sed ubi Artotrogus hic est? Art. Stat propter virum fortem … Mil. Quemne ego servavi in campis Curculioniis? whom I saved? Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9: quemne ego vidi? whom I saw? Ter. And. 4, 4, 29.
    2. B. With an accessory signif., causal or final, joined to the subj.
      1. 1. As, because, seeing that, since: Actio maluimus iter facere pedibus, qui incommodissime navigassemus, Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1: hospes, qui nihil suspicaretur, id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64; ingrata es, ore quae caput nostro Incolume abstuleris, Phaedr. 1, 8, 11.
      2. 2. Qui, with the subj., also follows dignus, indignus, aptus, idoneus, etc., answering the question, to or for what? dignus est, qui imperet, i. e. to, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices, id. Off. 3, 19, 77: socios haud indignos judicas, quos in fidem receptos tuearis, Liv. 23, 43: idoneus nemo fuit quem imitarere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41.
      3. 3. Also after demonstrr. or clauses expressing or implying a quality or degree which is defined or explained in the rel.-clause: qui potest temperantiam laudare is, qui ponat summum bonum in voluptate? Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117: nullo modo videre potest quicquam esse utile, quod non honestum sit, id. ib. 3, 19, 77: non sumus ii, quibus nihil verum esse videatur, id. N. D. 1, 5, 12: nunc dicis aliquid quod ad rem pertineat, id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52: quis potest esse tam mente captus, qui neget? as that, that, to, id. Cat. 3, 9.
      4. 4. To express a purpose, design, in order that, to: sunt autem multi, qui eripiunt aliis, quod aliis largiantur, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43: Caesar equitatum praemisit, qui viderent, Caes. B. G. 1, 15: domi creant decem praetores, qui exercitui praeessent, Nep. Milt. 1, 4.
    3. C. The rel. serves as a connective, instead of is, ea, id, with a conj.: res loquitur ipsa, quae semper valet plurimum, and this, Cic. Mil. 20, 53: ratio docet esse deos, quo concesso, confitendum est, etc., id. N. D. 2, 30, 75.
    4. D. The rel. sometimes means, by virtue of, according to, such: quae tua natura est, according to your disposition, Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2: qui meus amor in te est, such is my love, id. ib. 7, 2, 1.
    5. E. In neutr. sing.
        1. a. Quod signifies,
      1. 1. As much as, as far as, what, = quantum: adjutabo quod potero, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 7: cura, quod potes, ut valeas, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6: quae tibi mandavi, velim ut cures, quod sine molestiā tuā facere poteris, id. Att. 1, 5, 7: tu tamen, quod poteris, nos consiliis juvabis, id. ib. 10, 2, 2; 11, 2, 2; 11, 12, 4; id. Fam. 3, 2, 2: nihil cuiquam, quod suum dici vellet, id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36: (Epicurus) se unus, quod sciam, sapientem profiteri est ausus, id. Fin. 2, 3, 7: quod tuo commodo fiat, id. Fam 4, 2, 4: quod litteris exstet, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38: quod sciam, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 14: quod ad me attinet, as far as depends on me, for my part, Cic. Rosc. Am. 42, 122.
        With ellips. of attinet: quod ad Caesarem crebri et non belli de eo rumores, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.
        With gen.: quod operae, so much trouble, Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19: quod aeris, Liv. 8, 20.
      2. 2. Wherein: si quid est, Quod mea opera opus sit vobis, Ter. And. 4, 3, 23.
        1. b. Quo, abl. neutr., with compp. (with or without hoc, eo, or tanto): quo … eo, by how much, by so much, the … the: quo difficilius, hoc praeclarius, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64.
  3. III. Indef., any one, any; with si, num, ne, v. quis: quaeritur, num quod officium aliud alio majus sit, Cic. Off. 1, 3, 7: si qui graviore vulnere accepto equo deciderat, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: nisi si qui publice ad eam rem constitutus esset, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65: (BACANALIA) SEI QVA SVNT, S. C. de Bacchan.: ne qui forte putet, Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 8.

2. quī, adv. interrog., rel. and indef. [old abl. of 1. qui].

  1. I. Interrog., in what manner? how? whereby? by what means? why?
    1. A. In direct questions: quī minus eadem histrioni sit lex quae summo viro? Plaut. Am. prol. 76: Quī, amabo? id. Bacch. 1, 1, 19: quī scire possum? id. ib. 2, 2, 13: Quī in mentem venit tibi istuc facinus facere? id. ib. 4, 4, 31: Quī non? id. ib. 5, 2, 44: quī vero dupliciter? id. Mil. 2, 3, 25: quī vero? id. Merc. 2, 3, 60: quī scis? Ter. And. 2, 1, 2: quī istuc facere potuit? id. Eun. 4, 3, 15: quī potui melius? id. Ad. 2, 2, 7: sed nos deum nisi sempiternum intellegere quī possumus? Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25: quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia? id. ib. 1, 30, 84: quī potest? id. Ac. 2, 31, 100: quī ego minus in Africam traicerem, Liv. 28, 43, 18.
    2. B. In indirect questions: nimis demiror, quī illaec me donatum esse aureā paterā sciat, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 133: quī istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15: nec quī hoc mihi eveniat scio, id. Hec. 2, 3, 6: neque videre, quī conveniat, Liv. 42, 50.
    3. C. In curses (cf. Gr. πῶς, and Lat. utinam), how, would that, if but: quī illum di deaeque magno mactassint malo, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 14 (Trag. Rel. v. 377 Vahl.): quī te Juppiter dique omnes perduint! Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 31: quī istum di perdant! id. Trin. 4, 2, 78: quī te di omnes perdant! id. ib. 4, 2, 155; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 73.
      Ellipt.: quī illi di irati! Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1.
  2. II. Rel., wherewith, whereby, wherefrom, how (referring to all genders and both numbers).
      1. 1. In gen.: date ferrum, quī me animā privem, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 30 (Trag. Rel. v. 233 Vahl.): patera, quī Pterela potitare rex est solitus, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104; 1, 3, 37: sucophantia, quī admutiletur miles, id. Mil. 3, 1, 172; id. Capt. 1, 1, 33; 3, 4, 24: mihi dari … vehicla quī vehar, id. Aul. 3, 5, 28: multa concurrunt simul, Quī conjecturam hanc facio, Ter. And. 3, 2, 32: in tantā paupertate decessit, ut quī efferretur, vix reliquerit, Nep. Arist. 3, 2.
      2. 2. Esp., of price, at what price, for how much, = quanti: indica minumo daturus quī sis, quī duci queat, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 41: quī datur, tanti indica, id. ib. 4, 4, 109: ut quantum possit quīque liceat veneant, id. Men. 3, 3, 25.
    1. B. Transf., that, in order that: Ca. Restim volo mihi emere. Ps. Quam ob rem? Ca. Quī me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87: ut det, quī fiamus liberi, id. Aul. 2, 4, 31: facite, fingite, invenite, efficite, quī detur tibi: Ego id agam, mihi quī ne detur, Ter. And. 2, 1, 34 sq.
    2. C. Indef. (only with particles of emphasis and assurance; cf. Gr. πώς, and v. Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 28; Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 811; Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 550), in some way, somehow, surely (ante-class.); with hercle: hercle quī, ut tu praedicas, Cavendumst me aps te irato, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 58: hercle quī multo improbiores sunt, quam a primo credidi, id. Most. 3, 2, 139: hercle quī aequom postulabat senex, id. Stich. 4, 1, 53; id. Men. 2, 3, 74.
      With edepol: edepol quī te de isto multi cupiunt nunc mentirier, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184: edepol quī quom hanc magis contemplo, magis placet, id. Pers. 4, 4, 15; id. Am. 2, 2, 144.
      With at (cf. atquī), and yet, but somehow: Gr. Non audio. Tr. At pol quī audies, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 9; id. Am. 2, 2, 73.
      With quippe: horum tibi istic nihil eveniet, quippe quī ubi quod subripias nihil est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 22: ea nimiast ratio, quippe quī certo scio, etc., id. Truc. 1, 1, 49: quippe quī Magnarum saepe id remedium aegritudinumst, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 27.
      With ut: an id est sapere, ut quī beneficium a benevolente repudies? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11: et eum morbum mi esse, ut quī med opus sit insputarier? id. Capt. 3, 4, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 49.