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|lshtext=<b>quŏtus</b>: a, um, adj. [[quot]],<br /><b>I</b> [[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, § 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]] terraï, Lucr. 6, 652; Ov. M. 9, 69; Curt. 5, 5, 14.—In [[connection]] [[with]] [[quisque]] (also in one [[word]], quŏtusquisque) 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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>quŏtus</b>,¹¹ a, um, adj. interrog. [dir. et indir.], en quel nombre : [[quotus]] erit [[iste]] [[denarius]], qui [[non]] sit ferendus ? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 220, quel [[sera]] ce denier limite tel qu’il ne puisse être supporté ? quel [[est]] ce nombre de deniers qu’on pourra qualifier insupportable ? scire [[velim]], chartis [[pretium]] [[quotus]] arroget [[annus]] Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35, je voudrais savoir le quantième d’années, le chiffre d’années qui donne aux écrits leur valeur ; [[hora]] quota [[est]] ? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44, quelle heure [[est]]-il ? [[quotus]] [[esse]] velis, rescribe Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 30, réponds-moi avec combien de [[gens]] tu veux être à table, combien tu veux avoir d’invités avec toi &#124;&#124; v. [[quotus]] [[quisque]].||v. [[quotus]] [[quisque]].
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