quamdiu
Πυλάδη, σε γὰρ δὴ πρῶτον ἀνθρώπων ἐγὼ πιστὸν νομίζω καὶ φίλον ξένον τ' ἐμοί → Pylades for indeed I consider you, foremost among men, loyal and kind and a host to me (Euripides' Electra 82-83)
Latin > English
quamdiu ADV :: how long (quam diu)
quamdiu quamdiu CONJ :: as long as, until
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quam-dĭu: less freq. quandĭu (mostly as two words, sometimes separated:
I quam voluit diu, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7), adv.
I Interrog., how long ago? how long? quamdiu id factum est? Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 3: quandiu apud vos ero, Vulg. Marc. 9, 18.—
II Rel.
1 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.—
(b) 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.—
2 Of inference, inasmuch as, in that (late Lat.): quandiu fecistis uni ex his fratribus, Vulg. Matt. 25, 40.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quamdĭū¹¹ (quandĭū),
1 interr., depuis combien de temps ? Pl. Capt. 980 ; pendant combien de temps ? Cic. Cat. 1, 1
2 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.
{{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). }}
