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ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quŏt: (in MSS. often quŏd),
I adj. plur. indecl. [kindr. with Sanscr. kati, quot, like tot, Sanscr. tati].
I Lit., how many, as many, as: quot sunt? Sce. Totidem, quot ego et tu sumus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 6; id. Most. 3, 1, 114: quot homines, tot sententiae, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 14: quot homines, tot causae, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 140: quot dies erimus in Tusculano, id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: quot calamitates! id. ib. 1, 35, 86: quot orationum genera esse diximus, totidem oratorum reperiuntur, id. Or. 16, 53: idque declarat totidem quot dixit, scripta verbis oratio, id. Brut. 96, 328; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 47; Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; Juv. 7, 225.—
B For quotiens; toties, quot, as often as, Liv. 2, 13, 2.—
II Transf., in specifications of time, all, each, every: quot diebus, every day, daily: quot mensibus, every month, monthly: quot annis, often as one word, quotannis (in inscrr. also, QVOD ANNIS), every year, yearly, annually: quot Kalendis petere cibum, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 3: quot mensibus fodere, Cato, R. R. 43, 2: quotannis tributa conferre, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131: hic illum vidi juvenem, Meliboee, quot annis, Verg. E. 1, 43: quot annos singula milia, Caes. B. G. 4, 1: Pomponius scribit, nihil interesse, utrum in annos singulos, vel quot annis; an in singulos menses, vel quot mensibus; an in singulos dies, vel quot diebus legatur, Dig. 36, 2, 12: sedulum quot dies obibam culturae sacrorum ministerium, App. M. 11, p. 267, 29.
