qua
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adverb
in so far forth as: P. ᾗ (Plato).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quā: adv. abl. fem. from qui,
I on which side, at or in which place, in what direction, where, by what way (class.).
I Lit., of place: orasque Italicas omnis, quā adgreditur mare, sumus circumvecti, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 12: fumus si quā exit foras, id. Aul. 2, 4, 22: jubet persequi, si quā queat reperire quae sustulerit, id. Cist. 1, 3, 35: regna mihi liquit Pelops, quā ponto ab Helles urgetur Isthmos, Poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 80, 7; cf. Cic. Or. 49, 163: ad omnes introitus, quā adiri poterat, id. Caecin. 8, 21: quo loco depulsus, Caecina, quā potuit, profectus est, id. ib. 8, 22: sum e proximo vicini fundo dejectus, quā adibam ad istum fundum, id. ib. 29, 82: in templum ipse nescio quā ascendit, id. Phil. 3, 8, 20: eādem, quā ceteri, fugere noluit, id. Div. 1, 54, 123: quā se parens persequeretur, id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22: arx Athenarum, quā ad meridiem vergit, Nep. Cim. 2, 5: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, Caes. B. G. 1, 38: plurima quā silva est, Ov. M. 14, 361: complentur moenia ac tecta, quāque longissime prospectari poterat, i. e. as far as the eye could reach, Tac. A. 3, 1; Verg. A. 2, 753: quā te ducit via, dirige gressum, id. ib. 1, 401; 12, 507: oras, quā medius liquor Secernit Europen ab Afro, Hor. C. 3, 3, 46; 3, 30, 10; Ov. M. 1, 187: vagari, quā velit, wherever, wheresoever, as far as, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70: omnia, quā visus erat, constrata telis, armis, Sall. J. 101, 11; cf. Ov. M. 1, 241: quā murum ducturi erant, Liv. 1, 44; 4, 17; 5, 43: quā modo simulato metu cesserant, eā in veram fugam effusi, id. 6, 24, 11.— Rarely with antecedent in plur.: ad omnes introitus quā adire poterat, Cic. Caecin. 8, 21: vias relaxat, veniat quā sucus in herbas, Verg. G. 1, 90: viae, quā, id. A. 5, 590: duae erant viae, quā, etc., Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —
II Transf.
A Partit.: quā… quā, partly… partly; as well… as; both… and: mores rapere properant, quā sacrum, quā publicum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 39: qui consectare quā maris quā feminas, id. Mil. 4, 2, 20; 4, 9, 15: ut si sunt quā suis quisque quā totius ordinis viribus, Liv. 2, 35, 4: omnia convestivit hederā, quā basim villae, quā intercolumnia, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5: quā dominus, quā advocati, id. Att. 2, 19, 3; 9, 12, 1: quā de Buthrotiis, quā de Bruto, id. ib. 15, 18, 2: quā falsa, quā vera, Liv. 2, 45 et saep.: quā feminae, quā viri, Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 4.—
B As far as, in so far as (mostly post - Aug.): statui non ultra attingere externa, nisi quā Romanis cohaerent rebus, Liv. 39, 48: Aegyptii ignem vocant masculum, quā ardet flamma, et feminam, quā lucet innoxius tactu, Sen. Q. N. 3, 12, 2: assumere in causam naturas eorum, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt, oportebit, Quint. 4, 1, 17; Tac. A. 6, 10; cf.: in praesentia non quā filius alicujus, sed quā homo, aestimatur, Dig. 35, 2, 63.—
C In what manner, how, by what method; to what degree or extent: quominus ei liceat eādem illā facultate et copiā vagari, quā velit, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70: numquid tute prospexti tibi, Quid fieret? quā fieret? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 56 (id est: quā ratione, quo modo fieret, Don.); cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 18: quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1,676: coëant in foedera dextrae, Quā datur, Verg. A. 11, 293 Forbig. ad loc.: ante praedico, M. Antonium delectus, quā possit, habiturum, in whatever manner, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5: veterem tutare sodalem, Quā licet, Ov. P. 2, 4, 33: quā licet et possum, luctor celare furorem, id. H. 15 (16), 235: quā populus laboret, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) quă, v. quis.
(2) quā,⁷ adv. (abl. f. de qui ),
1 [relatif] a) par où : oppida, qua ducebantur Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, les villes, par où on les conduisait, cf. Cic. Cæc. 21 ; Cæs. G. 1, 10, 3 ; [av. subj. final] Pl. Mil. 143 ; [av. subj. conséc.] Nep. Eum. 8, 4 || eadem, qua ceteri, fugere Cic. Div. 1, 123, fuir par les mêmes voies que les autres ; omnia, qua visus erat... Sall. J. 101, 11, tout, sur l’étendue qu’embrassait la vue ; b) par le côté que, en tant que : non adtingere externa, nisi qua Romanis cohærerent rebus Liv. 39, 48, 6, ne pas aborder les questions étrangères, si ce n’est dans la mesure où elles touchent à la politique romaine, cf. Quint. 4, 1, 17 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 10 ; c) par le moyen que : qua datur Virg. En. 11, 293, par les moyens par lesquels c’est possible, par les moyens qui s’offrent, cf. Ov. P. 2, 4, 33
2 [interrog.] a) [direct] par quel moyen ? comment ? illuc qua veniam ? Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1, comment viendrai-je là ? b) [indirect] par où : scire... quā quandove ituri sint Cic. Att. 9, 1, 2, savoir par quel chemin (par où) et quand ils partiront, cf. 9, 6, 1 ; 8, 16, 2 || comment : Virg. En. 1, 616 ; Ter. Ad. 690
3 [indéfini] a) par qq. moyen : ne qua phaleræ invenirentur Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, pour empêcher que de qq. manière ces phalères fussent découvertes, cf. Hor. O. 3, 8, 25 ; b) qua... qua, d’un côté... de l’autre ; tant... que ; à la fois, et... et : Pl. Mil. 1113 ; Trin. 1144 ; Cic. Q. 3, 1, 5 ; Att. 2, 19, 3 ; 9, 12, 1 ; 15, 18, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
quā, Adv. (als Abl. v. qui, quae, quod), I) auf der Seite wo, da wo, wohin, ad omnes aditus, qua adiri poterat, Cic.: duae viae, qua ad hibernacula posset perveniri, Nep.: qua intenderat, Liv.: qua res inclinatura esset, Liv.: qua prospici poterat, so weit die Blicke reichten, Curt. – korresp., ea... qua, Caes.: qua... ea, Liv.: eadem... qua, Nep. u. Liv. – II) übtr.: A) partitiv: qua... qua, teils... teils, sowohl... als auch, qua virum qua uxorem di vos perdant, Plaut.: qua dominus qua advocati, Cic.: qua nobilitate gentis qua corporis magnitudine, Liv.: qua corporis qua animi robur, Val. Max.: qua feminae qua viri, Plin. ep. Vgl. Brix Plaut. Men. 666. M. Müller Anh. II zu Liv. 2, 35, 4. Dräger Hist. Synt. Bd. 2. S. 96. 2. Aufl. – B) in wie (so) weit, in wie (so) fern, effuge, qua potes, Ov.: mitigare naturam, qua repugnat, Quint. – C) auf welche Art, wie, illuc qua veniam? Cic.: qua facere possis, Verg.: dah. ne qua, damit nicht etwa, Ter. u. Cic.: wiederholt, qua res, qua ratio suaderet, quaque etc., Hor. sat. 1, 2, 50 sq.: si qua, wenn etwa, Liv. 6, 3, 7. Verg. Aen. 1, 18.
Latin > English
qua ADV :: where; by which route
