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|lshtext=<b>quam</b>: (archaic form [[quamde]] or [[quande]]:<br /><b>I</b> [[quamde]] pro [[quam]] usos esse antiquos, cum multi veteres testimonio sunt, tum [[Ennius]] ... et [[Lucretius]] (1, 640), Fest. p. 261 Müll.; cf. Enn. Ann. v. 29, and v. 139 Vahl. So, [[too]], Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. [[topper]], p. 352 Müll.), adv. qui, in [[what]] [[manner]], [[how]], [[how]] [[much]], as [[much]] as: [[quam]] [[nihil]] praetermittis in consilio dando! [[quam]] [[nihil]] [[tamen]], [[quod]] [[tibi]] placeat, explicas! Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: ut se accusari nolunt! [[quam]] cupiunt laudari! id. Fin. 5, 22, 61: [[quam]] [[multa]], [[quam]] paucis! id. Fam. 11, 24, 1: [[quam]] sint morosi, intellegi potest, id. ib. 7, 15, 1: [[quam]] vellet, cunctaretur, id. Div. 1, 26, 56: memoriā tenetis, [[quam]] [[valde]] universi admurmurarint, id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: [[quam]] [[quisque]] potest, as [[much]] as [[each]] one can, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 75: [[quam]] potuit, as [[far]] as he [[was]] [[able]], Val. Max. 4, 1, 5.—With [[possum]] and a [[sup]].: [[concede]] huc ab [[isto]], [[quam]] potest longissime, as [[far]] as [[possible]], Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 81: [[quam]] possunt mollissime, as [[gently]] as [[possible]], Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129.—Also [[without]] [[possum]]: [[quam]] maximas, [[quam]] [[primum]], [[quam]] saepissime gratias agere, Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 5: ut [[quam]] angustissime Pompeium contineret, Caes. B. C. 3, 45.— With [[posit]]. ([[post]]-Aug.): tum [[Manlius]] ... [[quam]] poterat clarā voce denuntiavit, Val. Max. 6, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1 ext.; 4, 5, 1: dixi de philosophiā [[quam]] [[breviter]] potui, Lact. 3, 17, 1: tusa cribrataque vino, [[quam]] possit excellenti, as [[excellent]] as [[possible]], Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264; 18, 28, 68, § 274.—<br /> <b>B</b> In [[dependent]] clauses, [[indirect]] questions, etc.: est fidei nostrae, declarare, [[quam]] memores [[simus]], Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29: [[scio]], [[quam]] timida [[sit]] [[ambitio]], id. Mil. 16, 42: [[quam]] id ratum [[sit]], tu judicabis, id. Att. 6, 1, 7: id [[quam]] injustum esset, non videbat, id. Off. 3, 21, 82: dici non potest [[quam]] sim disputatione tuā delectatus, id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; id. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Ac. 2, 17, 52; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; 1, 20, 65; 5, 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; 2, 1, 21, § 52; 2, 4, 44, § 98: videte [[quam]] iniqui sint, Sall. J. 85, 25; 62, 9: ut sentias [[quam]] [[vile]] [[sit]] [[corpus]], Liv. 2, 12, 3; 24, 5, 2; Nep. Timoth. 4, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br /> <b>A</b> In comparisons, as, [[than]].<br /> <b>1</b> With tam: tam ego [[ante]] fui [[liber]], [[quam]] [[gnatus]] tuos, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 11: si [[era]] me sciat tam socordem esse [[quam]] [[sum]], id. Cist. 4, 2, 5: tua est [[imago]]: tam [[consimilis]] est, [[quam]] potest, id. Men. 5, 9, 4: tam esse [[clemens]] [[tyrannus]] [[quam]] rex [[importunus]] potest, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; id. Div. 1, 6, 10 et saep.; v. tam.—<br /> <b>2</b> With [[ellipsis]] of corresp. tam: [[homo]] non, [[quam]] [[isti]] sunt, [[gloriosus]], not so [[celebrated]] as those, Liv. 35, 49: claris majoribus, [[quam]] vetustis, [[rather]] [[than]], Tac. A. 4, 61.—<br /> <b>3</b> With [[sup]]. and a corresp. tam, by [[how]] [[much]] the [[more]], the [[more]]: [[quam]] acerbissima [[olea]] [[oleum]] [[facies]], tam [[oleum]] optimum erit, the bitterer the olives, the [[better]] [[will]] be the [[oil]], [[Cato]], R. R. 65, 1: [[quam]] paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt, Varr. R. R. 2, 9: [[quam]] [[quisque]] pessume fecit, tam maxume [[tutus]] est, Sall. J. 31, 14.—<br /> <b>4</b> With [[magis]]: [[quam]] [[magis]] ... tam [[magis]], the [[more]] ... the [[more]], Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5.—With tam omitted: [[quam]] [[magis]] exhausto spumaverit ubere [[mulctra]], Laeta [[magis]] pressis manabunt flumina mammis, Verg. G. 3, 309.— With the [[second]] [[magis]] omitted: [[quam]] [[magis]] te in [[altum]] capessis, tam [[aestus]] te in portum [[refert]], Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6.— In the [[reverse]] [[order]]: tam [[magis]] ... [[quam]] [[magis]], the [[more]] ... the [[more]], Verg. A. 7, 787. —<br /> <b>5</b> With tanto: [[quam]] [[magis]] ... tanto [[magis]], the [[more]] ... the [[more]], Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19; so Lucr. 6, 460.—<br /> <b>6</b> With a [[double]] comp.: ne libentius haec in illum evomere videar, [[quam]] verius, [[with]] [[more]] [[freedom]] [[than]] [[truth]], Cic. Mil. 29, 78: non acrior [[quam]] pertinacior [[impetus]] Romanorum, Liv. 31, 35: [[discrimen]] me occupavit, meliore hostium [[quam]] meo tempore, Curt. 7, 7, 9.—<br /> <b>7</b> Tam ... [[quam]], [[with]] the comp. for the [[posit]]., so ... as: per dexteram te istam oro non tam in [[bellis]] et proeliis, [[quam]] in promissis et [[fide]] firmiorem, Cic. Deiot. 3, 8.—<br /> <b>8</b> After comparatives or words of [[comparison]], [[than]]: nobis [[nihil]] est tlmendum [[magis]] [[quam]] [[ille]] [[consul]], Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: his [[igitur]], [[quam]] physicis [[potius]] credendum existimas? id. Div. 2, 16, 37; [[Cassius]] ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1; Cic. Pis. 26, 62: majorem pecuniam praetori polliceri, [[quam]] quantam hic dedisset, id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167: qui [[plures]] milites eorum occidisset, [[quam]] [[quot]] superessent, Liv. 35, 12.—So [[after]] verbs [[which]] [[imply]] [[comparison]], verbs of [[preference]], [[excellence]], etc.; [[after]] [[praestat]], Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 4; [[after]] [[malo]]: esse [[quam]] videri [[bonus]] malebat, Sall. C. 54, 5: an est [[quod]] ego malim [[quam]]? Cic. Par. 1; [[after]] [[statuo]], Nep. Dat. 8, 1; [[after]] [[probo]], Tac. A. 1, 58; [[after]] [[volo]] ( = [[βούλομαι]] ἤ>), Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6.— Rarely [[quantus]] is used to [[strengthen]] [[quam]], [[after]] comp.: de re majore [[quam]] quanta ea esset, Liv. 30, 23, 2: implere homines certioris spei, [[quam]] quantam [[fides]] promissi humani subicere solet, id. 26, 19, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 22, 2, 19.— But [[quam]] is [[often]] omitted [[after]] [[plus]], [[minus]], [[amplius]], etc., [[without]] changing the [[case]]: [[minus]] duo milia hominum effugerunt, Liv. 24, 16, 4: [[plus]] partem dimidiam hominum caesam, id. 36, 40, 5; cf. id. 29, 25, 2: cum [[decem]] [[haud]] [[plus]] milibus militum, id. 28, 1, 5: ut hoc [[nostrum]] [[desiderium]] ne [[plus]] [[sit]] annuum, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1: ferre [[plus]] dimidiati [[mensis]] [[cibaria]], id. Tusc. 2, 16, 37: [[plus]] quingentos colaphos infregit mihi, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Prop. 2, 19, 18 (3, 17, 32); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 485.—<br /> <b>9</b> With sic ([[poet]].): [[quam]] multā grandine nimbi Culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus [[heros]] pulsat, etc., Verg. A. 5, 458.— With sic omitted, Verg. A. 6, 309 sqq.—<br /> <b>10</b> After [[aeque]], so [[much]] ... as: [[nihil]] [[aeque]] eos terruit, [[quam]] [[robur]] ac [[color]] imperatoris, Liv. 28, 26.—<br /> <b>11</b> After [[contra]], [[otherwise]] ... [[than]], not so ... as: [[contra]] faciunt, [[quam]] professi sunt, Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11.— So [[after]] [[secus]]: ne me [[secus]] honore honestes [[quam]] ego te, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50. —<br /> <b>12</b> After [[alius]], [[with]] a [[preceding]] [[negative]], not [[otherwise]] [[than]], no [[other]] [[than]]: nil aliud [[agens]] [[quam]] ut, etc., [[nothing]] [[else]] [[than]], Liv. 44, 27, 12: [[neque]] aliud totā urbe agi [[quam]] [[bellum]] apparari, id. 4, 26, 12; Nep. Hann. 10, 1: ob nullam aliam causam, [[quam]] ne, from no [[other]] [[cause]] [[than]], Liv. 45, 25; 34, 2, 12. — Rarely [[with]] [[alius]] affirmatively (for ac): [[ipse]] me [[paulum]] in aliā [[quam]] [[prius]] habuerim opinione [[nunc]] esse [[confiteor]], Quint. 3, 6, 63. —<br /> <b>13</b> After [[aliter]], [[otherwise]] [[than]]: ne [[aliter]], [[quam]] ego velim, [[meum]] laudet [[ingenium]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 24: ne [[aliter]] [[quam]] si, etc., Col. 4, 2, 2.—<br /> <b>14</b> After [[supra]]: [[saepe]] [[supra]] feret, [[quam]] fieri possit, [[more]] [[than]], Cic. Or. 40, 139.—<br /> <b>15</b> After [[ultra]]: [[ultra]], [[quam]] [[satis]] est, producitur, [[farther]] [[than]], Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26.—<br /> <b>16</b> After diversum, [[otherwise]] [[than]]: [[pransus]] [[quoque]] [[atque]] [[potus]] diversum valent [[quam]] indicant, [[something]] [[altogether]] [[different]] from [[what]], Quint. 1, 4, 29; cf., [[after]] [[advorsum]], [[only]] Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 139 Brix ad loc.—<br /> <b>17</b> After words denoting [[number]] or [[quantity]], [[which]] [[serve]] for [[comparison]]: [[dimidium]] tributi [[quam]] [[quod]] regibus ferre soliti erant, [[populo]] Romano pendere, the [[half]] of [[what]], [[half]] as [[much]] as, Liv. 45, 18: [[multiplex]], [[quam]] pro [[numero]], [[damnum]] est, [[too]] [[great]] for, greater [[than]], id. 7, 8: ferramenta duplicia, [[quam]] [[numerus]] servorum exigit, [[twice]] as [[many]] as, Col. 1, 8, 8.—So, [[too]], [[after]] designations of [[time]]: [[die]] vigesimā, [[quam]] creatus erat, dictaturā se abdicavit, on the [[twentieth]] [[day]] [[after]], Liv. 6, 29: tabellarii venerunt [[post]] diem sextum, [[quam]] a [[vobis]] discesserant, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1: [[postridie]] venissemus, [[quam]] ... fuissemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9: [[postero]] [[die]] [[quam]] [[illa]] erant [[acta]], id. de Or. 2, 3, 12: saeculis multis [[ante]] ... inventa sunt, [[quam]], etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 21. —<br /> <b>18</b> After the [[sup]].: [[bellum]] gerere cum tyranno, [[quam]] qui [[unquam]], saevissimo et violentissimo in suos, the [[most]] [[cruel]] [[that]] [[ever]] [[was]], Liv. 34, 32.—<br /> <b>19</b> So [[with]] rel. and [[sup]]. [[after]] tam: tam gratum mihi id erit, [[quam]] [[quod]] gratissimum, Cic. Fam. 13, 3: tam [[sum]] [[amicus]] rei publicae [[quam]] qui [[maxime]], id. ib. 5, 2, 6: ego [[sum]] tam [[mitis]], [[quam]] qui lenissimus, id. Sull. 31, 87.—<br /> <b>20</b> Sometimes [[with]] [[magis]] or [[potius]] to be supplied, [[more]] ... [[than]]: tacita [[mulier]] [[semper]], [[quam]] loquens, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70 dub.: pacem [[quam]] [[bellum]] probabam, Tac. A. 1, 58. —<br /> <b>B</b> In [[mere]] intensive expressions, [[exceedingly]], [[very]], [[quite]], [[indeed]]: [[admodum]] [[quam]] saevos est, [[very]] [[cruel]] [[indeed]], Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43: [[nimis]] [[quam]] [[formido]], ne, etc., id. Most. 2, 2, 79: [[nimis]] [[quam]] [[cupio]], id. Capt. 1, 2, 17: [[quam]] [[familiariter]], Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: nam suos [[valde]] [[quam]] paucos habet, [[very]] [[few]] [[indeed]], Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3: [[mire]] [[quam]], Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3: [[sane]] [[quam]] refrixit, id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5. | |lshtext=<b>quam</b>: (archaic form [[quamde]] or [[quande]]:<br /><b>I</b> [[quamde]] pro [[quam]] usos esse antiquos, cum multi veteres testimonio sunt, tum [[Ennius]] ... et [[Lucretius]] (1, 640), Fest. p. 261 Müll.; cf. Enn. Ann. v. 29, and v. 139 Vahl. So, [[too]], Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. [[topper]], p. 352 Müll.), adv. qui, in [[what]] [[manner]], [[how]], [[how]] [[much]], as [[much]] as: [[quam]] [[nihil]] praetermittis in consilio dando! [[quam]] [[nihil]] [[tamen]], [[quod]] [[tibi]] placeat, explicas! Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: ut se accusari nolunt! [[quam]] cupiunt laudari! id. Fin. 5, 22, 61: [[quam]] [[multa]], [[quam]] paucis! id. Fam. 11, 24, 1: [[quam]] sint morosi, intellegi potest, id. ib. 7, 15, 1: [[quam]] vellet, cunctaretur, id. Div. 1, 26, 56: memoriā tenetis, [[quam]] [[valde]] universi admurmurarint, id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: [[quam]] [[quisque]] potest, as [[much]] as [[each]] one can, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 75: [[quam]] potuit, as [[far]] as he [[was]] [[able]], Val. Max. 4, 1, 5.—With [[possum]] and a [[sup]].: [[concede]] huc ab [[isto]], [[quam]] potest longissime, as [[far]] as [[possible]], Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 81: [[quam]] possunt mollissime, as [[gently]] as [[possible]], Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129.—Also [[without]] [[possum]]: [[quam]] maximas, [[quam]] [[primum]], [[quam]] saepissime gratias agere, Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 5: ut [[quam]] angustissime Pompeium contineret, Caes. B. C. 3, 45.— With [[posit]]. ([[post]]-Aug.): tum [[Manlius]] ... [[quam]] poterat clarā voce denuntiavit, Val. Max. 6, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1 ext.; 4, 5, 1: dixi de philosophiā [[quam]] [[breviter]] potui, Lact. 3, 17, 1: tusa cribrataque vino, [[quam]] possit excellenti, as [[excellent]] as [[possible]], Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264; 18, 28, 68, § 274.—<br /> <b>B</b> In [[dependent]] clauses, [[indirect]] questions, etc.: est fidei nostrae, declarare, [[quam]] memores [[simus]], Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29: [[scio]], [[quam]] timida [[sit]] [[ambitio]], id. Mil. 16, 42: [[quam]] id ratum [[sit]], tu judicabis, id. Att. 6, 1, 7: id [[quam]] injustum esset, non videbat, id. Off. 3, 21, 82: dici non potest [[quam]] sim disputatione tuā delectatus, id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; id. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Ac. 2, 17, 52; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; 1, 20, 65; 5, 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; 2, 1, 21, § 52; 2, 4, 44, § 98: videte [[quam]] iniqui sint, Sall. J. 85, 25; 62, 9: ut sentias [[quam]] [[vile]] [[sit]] [[corpus]], Liv. 2, 12, 3; 24, 5, 2; Nep. Timoth. 4, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br /> <b>A</b> In comparisons, as, [[than]].<br /> <b>1</b> With tam: tam ego [[ante]] fui [[liber]], [[quam]] [[gnatus]] tuos, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 11: si [[era]] me sciat tam socordem esse [[quam]] [[sum]], id. Cist. 4, 2, 5: tua est [[imago]]: tam [[consimilis]] est, [[quam]] potest, id. Men. 5, 9, 4: tam esse [[clemens]] [[tyrannus]] [[quam]] rex [[importunus]] potest, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; id. Div. 1, 6, 10 et saep.; v. tam.—<br /> <b>2</b> With [[ellipsis]] of corresp. tam: [[homo]] non, [[quam]] [[isti]] sunt, [[gloriosus]], not so [[celebrated]] as those, Liv. 35, 49: claris majoribus, [[quam]] vetustis, [[rather]] [[than]], Tac. A. 4, 61.—<br /> <b>3</b> With [[sup]]. and a corresp. tam, by [[how]] [[much]] the [[more]], the [[more]]: [[quam]] acerbissima [[olea]] [[oleum]] [[facies]], tam [[oleum]] optimum erit, the bitterer the olives, the [[better]] [[will]] be the [[oil]], [[Cato]], R. R. 65, 1: [[quam]] paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt, Varr. R. R. 2, 9: [[quam]] [[quisque]] pessume fecit, tam maxume [[tutus]] est, Sall. J. 31, 14.—<br /> <b>4</b> With [[magis]]: [[quam]] [[magis]] ... tam [[magis]], the [[more]] ... the [[more]], Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5.—With tam omitted: [[quam]] [[magis]] exhausto spumaverit ubere [[mulctra]], Laeta [[magis]] pressis manabunt flumina mammis, Verg. G. 3, 309.— With the [[second]] [[magis]] omitted: [[quam]] [[magis]] te in [[altum]] capessis, tam [[aestus]] te in portum [[refert]], Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6.— In the [[reverse]] [[order]]: tam [[magis]] ... [[quam]] [[magis]], the [[more]] ... the [[more]], Verg. A. 7, 787. —<br /> <b>5</b> With tanto: [[quam]] [[magis]] ... tanto [[magis]], the [[more]] ... the [[more]], Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19; so Lucr. 6, 460.—<br /> <b>6</b> With a [[double]] comp.: ne libentius haec in illum evomere videar, [[quam]] verius, [[with]] [[more]] [[freedom]] [[than]] [[truth]], Cic. Mil. 29, 78: non acrior [[quam]] pertinacior [[impetus]] Romanorum, Liv. 31, 35: [[discrimen]] me occupavit, meliore hostium [[quam]] meo tempore, Curt. 7, 7, 9.—<br /> <b>7</b> Tam ... [[quam]], [[with]] the comp. for the [[posit]]., so ... as: per dexteram te istam oro non tam in [[bellis]] et proeliis, [[quam]] in promissis et [[fide]] firmiorem, Cic. Deiot. 3, 8.—<br /> <b>8</b> After comparatives or words of [[comparison]], [[than]]: nobis [[nihil]] est tlmendum [[magis]] [[quam]] [[ille]] [[consul]], Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: his [[igitur]], [[quam]] physicis [[potius]] credendum existimas? id. Div. 2, 16, 37; [[Cassius]] ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1; Cic. Pis. 26, 62: majorem pecuniam praetori polliceri, [[quam]] quantam hic dedisset, id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167: qui [[plures]] milites eorum occidisset, [[quam]] [[quot]] superessent, Liv. 35, 12.—So [[after]] verbs [[which]] [[imply]] [[comparison]], verbs of [[preference]], [[excellence]], etc.; [[after]] [[praestat]], Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 4; [[after]] [[malo]]: esse [[quam]] videri [[bonus]] malebat, Sall. C. 54, 5: an est [[quod]] ego malim [[quam]]? Cic. Par. 1; [[after]] [[statuo]], Nep. Dat. 8, 1; [[after]] [[probo]], Tac. A. 1, 58; [[after]] [[volo]] ( = [[βούλομαι]] ἤ>), Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6.— Rarely [[quantus]] is used to [[strengthen]] [[quam]], [[after]] comp.: de re majore [[quam]] quanta ea esset, Liv. 30, 23, 2: implere homines certioris spei, [[quam]] quantam [[fides]] promissi humani subicere solet, id. 26, 19, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 22, 2, 19.— But [[quam]] is [[often]] omitted [[after]] [[plus]], [[minus]], [[amplius]], etc., [[without]] changing the [[case]]: [[minus]] duo milia hominum effugerunt, Liv. 24, 16, 4: [[plus]] partem dimidiam hominum caesam, id. 36, 40, 5; cf. id. 29, 25, 2: cum [[decem]] [[haud]] [[plus]] milibus militum, id. 28, 1, 5: ut hoc [[nostrum]] [[desiderium]] ne [[plus]] [[sit]] annuum, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1: ferre [[plus]] dimidiati [[mensis]] [[cibaria]], id. Tusc. 2, 16, 37: [[plus]] quingentos colaphos infregit mihi, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Prop. 2, 19, 18 (3, 17, 32); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 485.—<br /> <b>9</b> With sic ([[poet]].): [[quam]] multā grandine nimbi Culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus [[heros]] pulsat, etc., Verg. A. 5, 458.— With sic omitted, Verg. A. 6, 309 sqq.—<br /> <b>10</b> After [[aeque]], so [[much]] ... as: [[nihil]] [[aeque]] eos terruit, [[quam]] [[robur]] ac [[color]] imperatoris, Liv. 28, 26.—<br /> <b>11</b> After [[contra]], [[otherwise]] ... [[than]], not so ... as: [[contra]] faciunt, [[quam]] professi sunt, Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11.— So [[after]] [[secus]]: ne me [[secus]] honore honestes [[quam]] ego te, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50. —<br /> <b>12</b> After [[alius]], [[with]] a [[preceding]] [[negative]], not [[otherwise]] [[than]], no [[other]] [[than]]: nil aliud [[agens]] [[quam]] ut, etc., [[nothing]] [[else]] [[than]], Liv. 44, 27, 12: [[neque]] aliud totā urbe agi [[quam]] [[bellum]] apparari, id. 4, 26, 12; Nep. Hann. 10, 1: ob nullam aliam causam, [[quam]] ne, from no [[other]] [[cause]] [[than]], Liv. 45, 25; 34, 2, 12. — Rarely [[with]] [[alius]] affirmatively (for ac): [[ipse]] me [[paulum]] in aliā [[quam]] [[prius]] habuerim opinione [[nunc]] esse [[confiteor]], Quint. 3, 6, 63. —<br /> <b>13</b> After [[aliter]], [[otherwise]] [[than]]: ne [[aliter]], [[quam]] ego velim, [[meum]] laudet [[ingenium]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 24: ne [[aliter]] [[quam]] si, etc., Col. 4, 2, 2.—<br /> <b>14</b> After [[supra]]: [[saepe]] [[supra]] feret, [[quam]] fieri possit, [[more]] [[than]], Cic. Or. 40, 139.—<br /> <b>15</b> After [[ultra]]: [[ultra]], [[quam]] [[satis]] est, producitur, [[farther]] [[than]], Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26.—<br /> <b>16</b> After diversum, [[otherwise]] [[than]]: [[pransus]] [[quoque]] [[atque]] [[potus]] diversum valent [[quam]] indicant, [[something]] [[altogether]] [[different]] from [[what]], Quint. 1, 4, 29; cf., [[after]] [[advorsum]], [[only]] Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 139 Brix ad loc.—<br /> <b>17</b> After words denoting [[number]] or [[quantity]], [[which]] [[serve]] for [[comparison]]: [[dimidium]] tributi [[quam]] [[quod]] regibus ferre soliti erant, [[populo]] Romano pendere, the [[half]] of [[what]], [[half]] as [[much]] as, Liv. 45, 18: [[multiplex]], [[quam]] pro [[numero]], [[damnum]] est, [[too]] [[great]] for, greater [[than]], id. 7, 8: ferramenta duplicia, [[quam]] [[numerus]] servorum exigit, [[twice]] as [[many]] as, Col. 1, 8, 8.—So, [[too]], [[after]] designations of [[time]]: [[die]] vigesimā, [[quam]] creatus erat, dictaturā se abdicavit, on the [[twentieth]] [[day]] [[after]], Liv. 6, 29: tabellarii venerunt [[post]] diem sextum, [[quam]] a [[vobis]] discesserant, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1: [[postridie]] venissemus, [[quam]] ... fuissemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9: [[postero]] [[die]] [[quam]] [[illa]] erant [[acta]], id. de Or. 2, 3, 12: saeculis multis [[ante]] ... inventa sunt, [[quam]], etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 21. —<br /> <b>18</b> After the [[sup]].: [[bellum]] gerere cum tyranno, [[quam]] qui [[unquam]], saevissimo et violentissimo in suos, the [[most]] [[cruel]] [[that]] [[ever]] [[was]], Liv. 34, 32.—<br /> <b>19</b> So [[with]] rel. and [[sup]]. [[after]] tam: tam gratum mihi id erit, [[quam]] [[quod]] gratissimum, Cic. Fam. 13, 3: tam [[sum]] [[amicus]] rei publicae [[quam]] qui [[maxime]], id. ib. 5, 2, 6: ego [[sum]] tam [[mitis]], [[quam]] qui lenissimus, id. Sull. 31, 87.—<br /> <b>20</b> Sometimes [[with]] [[magis]] or [[potius]] to be supplied, [[more]] ... [[than]]: tacita [[mulier]] [[semper]], [[quam]] loquens, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70 dub.: pacem [[quam]] [[bellum]] probabam, Tac. A. 1, 58. —<br /> <b>B</b> In [[mere]] intensive expressions, [[exceedingly]], [[very]], [[quite]], [[indeed]]: [[admodum]] [[quam]] saevos est, [[very]] [[cruel]] [[indeed]], Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43: [[nimis]] [[quam]] [[formido]], ne, etc., id. Most. 2, 2, 79: [[nimis]] [[quam]] [[cupio]], id. Capt. 1, 2, 17: [[quam]] [[familiariter]], Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: nam suos [[valde]] [[quam]] paucos habet, [[very]] [[few]] [[indeed]], Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3: [[mire]] [[quam]], Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3: [[sane]] [[quam]] refrixit, id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5. | ||
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|gf=<b>quam</b>³ ([[quamde]], [[quande]]), adv.<br /> <b>I</b> interrog.-exclamatif,<br /><b>1</b> combien, à quel point, à quel degré : [[quam]] [[nihil]] [[non]] consideratum exibat ex ore ! Cic. Br. 265, comme [[rien]] qui ne fût réfléchi ne sortait de sa bouche ! comme tout ce qui sortait de sa bouche était réfléchi ! hæc tota [[fabella]] [[quam]] [[est]] [[sine]] argumento ! Cic. Cæl. 64, toute [[cette]] petite comédie, combien elle [[est]] dépourvue d’affabulation ! videte [[quam]] [[non]] [[inimico]] [[animo]] sim acturus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, voyez avec quelle absence d’animosité je plaiderai, combien ma plaidoirie [[sera]] dépourvue d’animosité ; vide [[quam]] ad me litteræ [[non]] perferantur Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 1, vois à quel point les lettres ne viennent pas jusqu’à moi ; [[quam]] [[non]] [[multi]] Cic. Br. 270, combien peu nombreux ; [très éloigné de l’adj.] (videre) [[quam]] sit [[genus]] [[hoc]] eorum, qui [[sibi]] eruditi videntur, [[hebes]] [[atque]] impolitum Cic. de Or. 2, 133, (voir) à quel point [[cette]] manière (méthode) de [[gens]] qui se croient des savants [[est]] dépourvue de finesse et d’art<br /><b>2</b> combien peu [sans adj. ni adv.] : Cic. de Or. 2, 180 ; [[Sulla]] 33.<br /> <b>II</b> en corrélation<br /><b>1</b> [avec [[tam]] ] [[tam]]... [[quam]], autant... que... ; [[non]] [[tam]]... [[quam]] Cic. Top. 2, [[non]] pas tant... que, moins... que, cf. Cic. Dej. 8, etc. ; [[non]] [[tam]] [[multum]] in istis rebus [[intellego]] [[quam]] [[multa]] vidi Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 94, en ces matières je [[suis]] moins un connaisseur qu’un homme qui a beaucoup vu ; cf. [[quot]] || [ellipse de [[tam]] ] : [[homo]] [[non]] [[quam]] [[isti]] sunt [[gloriosus]] Liv. 35, 49, 7, homme moins vaniteux que ces [[gens]]-là, cf. Liv. 24, 23, 9 || [[tam]] [[consimilis]] [[est]] [[quam]] potest Pl. Men. 1063, il [[est]] aussi ressemblant que possible ; [sans [[tam]] ] : [[quam]] potuit Val. Max. 4, 15, autant qu’il a pu ; [[quam]] poterat clara voce Val. Max. 6, 4, 1, avec une voix aussi éclatante qu’il pouvait || [avec le superl.] : civitatem, [[quam]] minimam potuit, effecit Cic. Rep. 2, 52, il a fait la cité la [[plus]] petite qu’il a pu ; [[quam]] [[maxime]] poterit Cic. Inv. 2, 20, le [[plus]] qu’il pourra || [surtout sans [[possum]] ] : [[quam]] sæpissime Cic. Div. 2, 150, le [[plus]] souvent possible ; [[quam]] [[primum]] Cic. Cat. 3, 8, le [[plus]] tôt possible ; [[quam]] plurimis [[prodesse]] Cic. Div. 2, 1, être utile au [[plus]] grand nombre possible || [[tam]] gratum [[mihi]] id erit [[quam]] [[quod]] gratissimum Cic. Fam. 13, 3, cela me [[fera]] le [[plus]] grand plaisir du monde ; [[tam]] sum [[amicus]] [[rei]] publicæ [[quam]] qui [[maxime]] Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6, je [[suis]] attaché à l’intérêt public autant que personne au monde || [[quam]] [[magis]]... [[tam]] [[magis]] Pl. Bacch. 1091, [[plus]]... [[plus]] ; [ellipse de [[tam]] ] : [[quam]] [[magis]]... [[magis]] Virg. G. 3, 309, [[plus]]... [[plus]] ; [[tam]] [[magis]]... [[quam]] [[magis]] Virg. En. 7, 787, d’autant [[plus]]... que ; [[quam]] [[quisque]] pessume fecit, [[tam]] maxume [[tutus]] [[est]] Sall. J. 31, 14, [[plus]] ils se conduisent mal respectivement, [[plus]] ils sont en sécurité, cf. [[Cato]] Agr. 65, 1 ; [[Varro]] R. 2, 9 || [[quam]] = [[tam]] [[plus]] une particule de coordination : [[quam]] [[facile]] [[accipiter]]... Virg. En. 11, 721 = [[tam]] [[autem]], or c’[[est]] d’une manière aussi [[facile]] que l’épervier..., cf. Virg. En. 6, 309<br /><b>2</b> en corrél. avec [[tantus]], [[tanti]], [[tanto]], v. ces mots, cf. Cic. Mil. 58 ; Lig. 15 ; Liv. 7, 15, 10 ; 26, 1, 3<br /><b>3</b> avec [[sic]] : [[quam]] [[multa]] grandine nimbi crepitant, [[sic]] densis ictibus... Virg. En. 5, 458, aussi épaisse [[est]] la grêle dont les nuages sont tout crépitants, aussi pressés sont les coups dont...<br /><b>4</b> avec un [[compar]]. ou l’expression d’une idée [[comparative]] : [[magis]] [[quam]] [[plus]] que ; [[potius]] [[quam]], plutôt que ; [[esse]] [[quam]] videri [[bonus]] malebat Sall. C. 54, 5, il aimait mieux être homme de bien que le paraître ; majorem pecuniam polliceri [[quam]] quantam [[hic]] dedisset Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, promettre une somme [[plus]] [[forte]] que celle que celui-ci avait donnée ; [[plus]] [[quam]] [[quantum]] Cic. de Or. 1, 167, [[plus]] que la quantité que ; [[plures]] [[quam]] [[quot]] Liv. 35, 12, 14, [[plus]] que le nombre qui... || ex [[quo]] judicari potest virtutis [[esse]] [[quam]] ætatis cursum celeriorem Cic. Phil. 5, 48, par [[quoi]] l’on peut juger que le mérite a une course [[plus]] [[rapide]] que l’âge ; his [[quam]] physicis [[potius]] credere Cic. Div. 2, 37, croire plutôt ceux-ci que les physiciens, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 75 || libentius [[quam]] verius Cic. Mil. 78, avec [[plus]] d’empressement que de vérité || [[quam]] [[non]] exprimé, v. [[amplius]], [[minus]], [[plus]], [[major]], [[minor]] || [[major]] [[quam]] ut, [[quam]] qui et subj., trop grand pour, v. ut, qui || duriorem condicionem statuere alicui [[quam]] ferre possit Cic. Rab. Post. 15, fixer à qqn des conditions [[plus]] dures qu’il ne pourrait les supporter, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27 ; Clu. 175 ; Nep. Att. 1, 3 || [[major]] Romanis [[quam]] [[pro]] [[numero]] [[jactura]] fuit Liv. 21, 59, 9, les Romains subirent une perte [[plus]] [[grande]] que ne le ferait supposer le nombre des victimes || idée [[comparative]] [[non]] exprimée : claris majoribus [[quam]] vetustis Tac. Ann. 4, 61, avec des aïeux [[plus]] illustres qu’anciens ; pacem [[quam]] [[bellum]] probare Tac. Ann. 1, 58, approuver la paix plutôt que la guerre, cf. Tac. G. 6 ; H. 3, 60 ; 3, 70 ; 4, 55 ; Ann. 3, 17 ; 13, 6, etc.<br /><b>5</b> avec æque, [[alius]], [[aliter]], [[alibi]], [[contra]], [[secus]], [[supra]], [[ultra]], [[dissimilis]], [[diversus]], v. ces mots<br /><b>6</b> avec des noms de nombre et des noms multiplicatifs : [[dimidium]] [[quam]] [[quod]] acceperat Liv. 35, 1, 2, la moitié de ce qu’il avait reçu, cf. Liv. 45, 18, 7 ; [[duplex]] [[stipendium]] [[quam]] [[quantum]] Liv. 34, 19, 4, une solde double de celle que, v. [[multiplex]]<br /><b>7</b> expr. temporelles : [[postridie]] [[quam]], [[postero]] [[die]] [[quam]], v. ces mots ; [[post]] diem [[sextum]] [[quam]], six jours après que, v. [[post]] ; [[die]] vicensimo [[quam]] Liv. 6, 29, 10, vingt jours après que...<br /><b>8</b> [[quam]] devant des adv. ou adj. [aucun corrél. s.-ent.] : [[quam]] [[familiariter]] Ter. Andr. 136, tout à fait familièrement, cf. Cic. Att. 14, 9, 2 ; [[quam]] [[magni]] æstimare Cic. Att. 7, 15, 2, estimer à tout à fait [[haut]] prix ; [[quam]] [[multa]] Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 206, de très nombreuses choses, cf. Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2<br /><b>9</b> [phrase nominale avec les adv. [[mire]], [[admodum]], [[nimis]], [[sane]], [[valde]], [[oppido]] suivis de [[quam]], v. Gaffiot, 1909, p. 39 sqq.] [[mire]] [[quam]] Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3, étonnamment ; [[admodum]] [[quam]] sævus Pl. Amph. 541, tout à fait brutal ; v. [[sane]], [[valde]], [[oppido]], [[nimis]]. | |||
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quam: (archaic form quamde or quande:
I quamde pro quam usos esse antiquos, cum multi veteres testimonio sunt, tum Ennius ... et Lucretius (1, 640), Fest. p. 261 Müll.; cf. Enn. Ann. v. 29, and v. 139 Vahl. So, too, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.), adv. qui, in what manner, how, how much, as much as: quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando! quam nihil tamen, quod tibi placeat, explicas! Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: ut se accusari nolunt! quam cupiunt laudari! id. Fin. 5, 22, 61: quam multa, quam paucis! id. Fam. 11, 24, 1: quam sint morosi, intellegi potest, id. ib. 7, 15, 1: quam vellet, cunctaretur, id. Div. 1, 26, 56: memoriā tenetis, quam valde universi admurmurarint, id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: quam quisque potest, as much as each one can, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 75: quam potuit, as far as he was able, Val. Max. 4, 1, 5.—With possum and a sup.: concede huc ab isto, quam potest longissime, as far as possible, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 81: quam possunt mollissime, as gently as possible, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129.—Also without possum: quam maximas, quam primum, quam saepissime gratias agere, Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 5: ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret, Caes. B. C. 3, 45.— With posit. (post-Aug.): tum Manlius ... quam poterat clarā voce denuntiavit, Val. Max. 6, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1 ext.; 4, 5, 1: dixi de philosophiā quam breviter potui, Lact. 3, 17, 1: tusa cribrataque vino, quam possit excellenti, as excellent as possible, Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264; 18, 28, 68, § 274.—
B In dependent clauses, indirect questions, etc.: est fidei nostrae, declarare, quam memores simus, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29: scio, quam timida sit ambitio, id. Mil. 16, 42: quam id ratum sit, tu judicabis, id. Att. 6, 1, 7: id quam injustum esset, non videbat, id. Off. 3, 21, 82: dici non potest quam sim disputatione tuā delectatus, id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; id. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Ac. 2, 17, 52; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; 1, 20, 65; 5, 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; 2, 1, 21, § 52; 2, 4, 44, § 98: videte quam iniqui sint, Sall. J. 85, 25; 62, 9: ut sentias quam vile sit corpus, Liv. 2, 12, 3; 24, 5, 2; Nep. Timoth. 4, 2.—
II In partic.
A In comparisons, as, than.
1 With tam: tam ego ante fui liber, quam gnatus tuos, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 11: si era me sciat tam socordem esse quam sum, id. Cist. 4, 2, 5: tua est imago: tam consimilis est, quam potest, id. Men. 5, 9, 4: tam esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; id. Div. 1, 6, 10 et saep.; v. tam.—
2 With ellipsis of corresp. tam: homo non, quam isti sunt, gloriosus, not so celebrated as those, Liv. 35, 49: claris majoribus, quam vetustis, rather than, Tac. A. 4, 61.—
3 With sup. and a corresp. tam, by how much the more, the more: quam acerbissima olea oleum facies, tam oleum optimum erit, the bitterer the olives, the better will be the oil, Cato, R. R. 65, 1: quam paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt, Varr. R. R. 2, 9: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est, Sall. J. 31, 14.—
4 With magis: quam magis ... tam magis, the more ... the more, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5.—With tam omitted: quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, Verg. G. 3, 309.— With the second magis omitted: quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6.— In the reverse order: tam magis ... quam magis, the more ... the more, Verg. A. 7, 787. —
5 With tanto: quam magis ... tanto magis, the more ... the more, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19; so Lucr. 6, 460.—
6 With a double comp.: ne libentius haec in illum evomere videar, quam verius, with more freedom than truth, Cic. Mil. 29, 78: non acrior quam pertinacior impetus Romanorum, Liv. 31, 35: discrimen me occupavit, meliore hostium quam meo tempore, Curt. 7, 7, 9.—
7 Tam ... quam, with the comp. for the posit., so ... as: per dexteram te istam oro non tam in bellis et proeliis, quam in promissis et fide firmiorem, Cic. Deiot. 3, 8.—
8 After comparatives or words of comparison, than: nobis nihil est tlmendum magis quam ille consul, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: his igitur, quam physicis potius credendum existimas? id. Div. 2, 16, 37; Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1; Cic. Pis. 26, 62: majorem pecuniam praetori polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset, id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167: qui plures milites eorum occidisset, quam quot superessent, Liv. 35, 12.—So after verbs which imply comparison, verbs of preference, excellence, etc.; after praestat, Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 4; after malo: esse quam videri bonus malebat, Sall. C. 54, 5: an est quod ego malim quam? Cic. Par. 1; after statuo, Nep. Dat. 8, 1; after probo, Tac. A. 1, 58; after volo ( = βούλομαι ἤ>), Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6.— Rarely quantus is used to strengthen quam, after comp.: de re majore quam quanta ea esset, Liv. 30, 23, 2: implere homines certioris spei, quam quantam fides promissi humani subicere solet, id. 26, 19, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 22, 2, 19.— But quam is often omitted after plus, minus, amplius, etc., without changing the case: minus duo milia hominum effugerunt, Liv. 24, 16, 4: plus partem dimidiam hominum caesam, id. 36, 40, 5; cf. id. 29, 25, 2: cum decem haud plus milibus militum, id. 28, 1, 5: ut hoc nostrum desiderium ne plus sit annuum, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1: ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria, id. Tusc. 2, 16, 37: plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Prop. 2, 19, 18 (3, 17, 32); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 485.—
9 With sic (poet.): quam multā grandine nimbi Culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus heros pulsat, etc., Verg. A. 5, 458.— With sic omitted, Verg. A. 6, 309 sqq.—
10 After aeque, so much ... as: nihil aeque eos terruit, quam robur ac color imperatoris, Liv. 28, 26.—
11 After contra, otherwise ... than, not so ... as: contra faciunt, quam professi sunt, Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11.— So after secus: ne me secus honore honestes quam ego te, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50. —
12 After alius, with a preceding negative, not otherwise than, no other than: nil aliud agens quam ut, etc., nothing else than, Liv. 44, 27, 12: neque aliud totā urbe agi quam bellum apparari, id. 4, 26, 12; Nep. Hann. 10, 1: ob nullam aliam causam, quam ne, from no other cause than, Liv. 45, 25; 34, 2, 12. — Rarely with alius affirmatively (for ac): ipse me paulum in aliā quam prius habuerim opinione nunc esse confiteor, Quint. 3, 6, 63. —
13 After aliter, otherwise than: ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 24: ne aliter quam si, etc., Col. 4, 2, 2.—
14 After supra: saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit, more than, Cic. Or. 40, 139.—
15 After ultra: ultra, quam satis est, producitur, farther than, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26.—
16 After diversum, otherwise than: pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant, something altogether different from what, Quint. 1, 4, 29; cf., after advorsum, only Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 139 Brix ad loc.—
17 After words denoting number or quantity, which serve for comparison: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, populo Romano pendere, the half of what, half as much as, Liv. 45, 18: multiplex, quam pro numero, damnum est, too great for, greater than, id. 7, 8: ferramenta duplicia, quam numerus servorum exigit, twice as many as, Col. 1, 8, 8.—So, too, after designations of time: die vigesimā, quam creatus erat, dictaturā se abdicavit, on the twentieth day after, Liv. 6, 29: tabellarii venerunt post diem sextum, quam a vobis discesserant, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1: postridie venissemus, quam ... fuissemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9: postero die quam illa erant acta, id. de Or. 2, 3, 12: saeculis multis ante ... inventa sunt, quam, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 21. —
18 After the sup.: bellum gerere cum tyranno, quam qui unquam, saevissimo et violentissimo in suos, the most cruel that ever was, Liv. 34, 32.—
19 So with rel. and sup. after tam: tam gratum mihi id erit, quam quod gratissimum, Cic. Fam. 13, 3: tam sum amicus rei publicae quam qui maxime, id. ib. 5, 2, 6: ego sum tam mitis, quam qui lenissimus, id. Sull. 31, 87.—
20 Sometimes with magis or potius to be supplied, more ... than: tacita mulier semper, quam loquens, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70 dub.: pacem quam bellum probabam, Tac. A. 1, 58. —
B In mere intensive expressions, exceedingly, very, quite, indeed: admodum quam saevos est, very cruel indeed, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43: nimis quam formido, ne, etc., id. Most. 2, 2, 79: nimis quam cupio, id. Capt. 1, 2, 17: quam familiariter, Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: nam suos valde quam paucos habet, very few indeed, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3: mire quam, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3: sane quam refrixit, id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quam³ (quamde, quande), adv.
I interrog.-exclamatif,
1 combien, à quel point, à quel degré : quam nihil non consideratum exibat ex ore ! Cic. Br. 265, comme rien qui ne fût réfléchi ne sortait de sa bouche ! comme tout ce qui sortait de sa bouche était réfléchi ! hæc tota fabella quam est sine argumento ! Cic. Cæl. 64, toute cette petite comédie, combien elle est dépourvue d’affabulation ! videte quam non inimico animo sim acturus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, voyez avec quelle absence d’animosité je plaiderai, combien ma plaidoirie sera dépourvue d’animosité ; vide quam ad me litteræ non perferantur Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 1, vois à quel point les lettres ne viennent pas jusqu’à moi ; quam non multi Cic. Br. 270, combien peu nombreux ; [très éloigné de l’adj.] (videre) quam sit genus hoc eorum, qui sibi eruditi videntur, hebes atque impolitum Cic. de Or. 2, 133, (voir) à quel point cette manière (méthode) de gens qui se croient des savants est dépourvue de finesse et d’art
2 combien peu [sans adj. ni adv.] : Cic. de Or. 2, 180 ; Sulla 33.
II en corrélation
1 [avec tam ] tam... quam, autant... que... ; non tam... quam Cic. Top. 2, non pas tant... que, moins... que, cf. Cic. Dej. 8, etc. ; non tam multum in istis rebus intellego quam multa vidi Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 94, en ces matières je suis moins un connaisseur qu’un homme qui a beaucoup vu ; cf. quot
