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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=quamdiu ADV :: how long (quam diu)<br />quamdiu quamdiu CONJ :: [[as long as]], [[until]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>quam-dĭu</b>: [[less]] freq. quandĭu ([[mostly]] as [[two]] words, [[sometimes]] separated:<br /><b>I</b> [[quam]] voluit diu, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7), adv.<br /><b>I</b> Interrog., [[how]] [[long]] [[ago]]? [[how]] [[long]]? [[quamdiu]] id [[factum]] est? Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 3: [[quandiu]] [[apud]] vos ero, Vulg. Marc. 9, 18.—<br /><b>II</b> Rel.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[time]], as [[long]] as, [[until]], [[during]] ([[class]].): [[quamdiu]] potuit, tacuit, Caes. B. G. 1, 17: disces, [[quamdiu]] voles, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; Col. 12, 52, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Until ([[very]] [[rare]]): jubebat, ut [[semper]] id comesset, [[quamdiu]] [[tamen]] [[melius]] invenisset, Lampr. Elag. 29, 7.— Comp.: quamdiutius, Not. Tir. p. 35.—Sup.: ‡ quamdiutissime, Not. Tir. p. 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[inference]], inasmuch as, in [[that]] ([[late]] Lat.): [[quandiu]] fecistis uni ex his fratribus, Vulg. Matt. 25, 40.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>quamdĭū</b>¹¹ <b>(quandĭū)</b>,<br /><b>1</b> interr., depuis combien de temps ? Pl. Capt. 980 ; pendant combien de temps ? Cic. Cat. 1, 1<br /><b>2</b> relat., aussi longtemps que : Cæs. G. 1, 17, 6 ; Cic. Off. 1, 2 ; [avec tmèse] [[quam]] voluit [[diu]] Cic. Q. 1, 1, 21, aussi longtemps qu’il a voulu.
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{{Georges
|georg=[[quam]]-diū, I) interrog. [[wie]] [[lange]]? [[seit]] [[wie]] langer [[Zeit]]? [[wann]]? Plaut. capt. 980. – II) relat.: a) [[wie]] [[lange]], so [[lange]] ([[wie), Cic. u.a. – b) so [[lange]] ([[wie]]), [[während]] der [[Zeit]], daß, Colum. 12, 52, 13. – c) so [[lange]] [[bis]], Lampr. Heliog. 29, 7. Vopisc. Prob. 14, 2. Amm. 22, 15, 23. Veget. mil. 3, 9. Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 18, 11 u.a. (s. Ott Beiträge zur [[latein]]. Lexik. 2, 16. Paucker Add. [[lex]]. Lat. p. 38 annot. 37).
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