Definition of quo-ad, quaad
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quo-ad
(quaad)
orig. quodad = ad quod
adverb
  1. how long?
  2. As long as
  3. Till, until, until that
  4. How far, as far as
  5. So far as, as much as
  6. as far or as well as I can
Abbreviations
quo-ad (monosyl., Lucr. 2, 849; Hor. S. 2, 3, 91; collat. form quaad, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2; Inscr. Fabr. p. 641, 357; cf. Cardin. Dipl. p. 22, 30, and n. 337, and Cavedon. Marm. Moden. p. 243), adv. orig. quod-ad = ad quod, how long? Lit., in direct questions (rare): senem Quoad exspectatis vestrum? Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 98.

— Transf. As long as: quousque, inquies? quoad erit integrum, Cic. Att. 15, 23, 1: tamdiu velle debebis, quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit, id. Off. 1, 1, 2: quoad vixit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60.

— Till, until, until that: ferrum usque eo retinuit, quoad renuntiatum est vicisse Boeotios, Nep. Epam. 9, 3; 2, 5: hactenus existimo, consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior fieres, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3: quoad ipse cum exercitu propius accessisset, Caes. B. G. 4, 11; Liv. 5, 50; Suet. Caes. 14; Just. 12, 9, 11.

— How far, as far as: videte nunc, quoad fecerit iter apertius, quam antea, Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5; cf.: jus civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt, id. Leg. 1, 4, 14; id. Phil. 11, 3, 6: quoad insequi poterat, Liv. 2, 25; 22, 6.

— So far as, as much as: jubeo te salvere voce summā, quoad vires valent, as far as my strength reaches, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30: est modus tamen, quoad pati uxorem oportet, to what extent, id. Men. 5, 2, 19: quoad patiatur consuetudo, as far as custom permits, Varr. L. L. 9, § 1: cognitis, quoad possunt ab homine cognosci, bonorum et malorum finibus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 82: ut, quoad possem et liceret, nunquam discederem, id. Lael. 1, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.

—With gen. ejus in the phrase, quoad ejus facere possum, as far or as well as I can: tu tamen velim ne intermittas, quoad ejus (facere) poteris, scribere ad me, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4 (B. and K. quod); id. Fam. 3, 2, 2 Orell.: ut quoad ejus fieri possit, as much as possible, id. Inv. 2, 6, 20: id eos ut prohiberet, quoad ejus sine bello posset. praetori mandatum est, as far as possible without having recourse to arms, Liv. 39, 45.

—Without ejus: quoad facere potui, Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291.

— With respect to, as to, = quod attinet ad (with the acc. only in the foll. examples where the text is doubtful): quoad diem, Liv. 42, 6, 6 MSS. (Weissenb. quam ad diem): quoad sexum, multitudinem, casum, Varr. L. L. 8, 23, § 46 Mull. (MSS. quod sexum; perh. ad is omitted; cf. Mull. ad loc.): nec interest, quoad feras bestias et volucres, utrum, etc., Dig. 41, 1, 3 (Momms. quod ad feras).
 
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