Definition of quotusquisque
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Orthography ID = 2050023
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LNS
quotusquisque, quotaquisque, quotumquisque
quot
adjective (2-1-2)
  1. which or what in number, order
  2. of what number, how many
  3. how few
  4. how many
Abbreviations
quotus, a, um, adj. quot, which or what in number, order, etc.; of what number, how many (class.): quotus erit iste denarius, qui non sit ferendus? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 94, ยง 220: scire velim, chartis pretium quotus arroget annus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35: quota pars illi rerum periere mearum, Ov. M. 7, 522: hora quota est? what o'clock is it? (prop. what is the number of the hour?), Hor. S. 2, 6, 44: scis, quota de Libyco litore puppis eat, how many ships, Mart. 9, 36, 8: tu, quotus esse velis, rescribe, of what number you wish to be, i. e. how many guests you would like to have invited with you, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 30: pars quota laudis, how great, i. e. how very small, Ov. Am. 2, 12, 9: quota pars terrai, Lucr. 6, 652; Ov. M. 9, 69; Curt. 5, 5, 14.

—In connection with quisque (also in one word, quotusquisque) to designate a small number, how few; it may also be rendered into English by how many (in Cic. only in nom. and in principal clause): quotus enim quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ut ratio postulat? how many? i. e. how few! Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: quotus enim quisque disertus? quotus quisque juris peritus est? id. Planc. 25, 62: quoto cuique lorica est? Curt. 9, 3, 11; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: forma quota quaeque superbit? Ov. A. A. 3, 103: quotum quemque inveneris, qui, etc., Tac. Or. 29: nam quoto cuique eadem honestatis cura secreto, quae palam? Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: repete memoriā tecum quotus quisque dies ut destinaveras recesserit, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: quoto quoque loco libebit, in whatsoever place one may wish, Auct. Her. 3, 17, 30.
 
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