quoad

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quŏ-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,
I how long?
I Lit., in direct questions (rare): senem Quoad exspectatis vestrum? Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 98.—
II Transf.
   A 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, id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60.—
   2    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.—
   B 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.—
   2    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.—
   3    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 Müll. (MSS. quod sexum; perh. ad is omitted; cf. Müll. ad loc.): nec interest, quoad feras bestias et volucres, utrum, etc., Dig. 41, 1, 3 (Momms. quod ad feras).