quotiens
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English
quotiens ADV :: how often; as often as
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quŏtĭens: or quŏtĭes, adv. quot,
I how often, how many times, as often as (class.): o quotiens et quae nobis Galatea locuta est! Verg. E. 3, 72: quotiens et quot nominibus a Syracusanis statuas auferes? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. de Or. 2, 30, 130: illud soleo mirari, non me totiens accipere tuas litteras, quotiens a Quinto mihi fratre afferuntur, id. Fam. 7, 7, 1; Verg. A. 12, 483; Hor. C. 1, 5, 5; 4, 9, 40; Tac. A. 14, 20.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quŏtĭēns⁸ et quŏtĭēs, adv.,
1 interrog. dir. et indir., combien de fois : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 145 ; Cat. 1, 15 ; Phil. 2, 45 ; Cæcil. 45
2 relat., [en corrél. avec totiens (toties) exprimé ou s.-ent.] toutes les fois que : Cic. de Or. 1, 251 ; Att. 1, 14, 1 ; Fam. 7, 7, 1 || [dans la langue, à partir de Sénèque le rhéteur, on constate souvent après quotiens le subj. éventuel, v. Gaffiot, 1903b, p. 276] ; quotiens pecuniæ materia deesset... Tac. H. 1, 66, 19, toutes les fois que l’argent venait à manquer, que d’aventure l’argent manquait...
Latin > German (Georges)
quotiēns, s. quoties.
