aliquantisper
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Latin > English
aliquantisper ADV :: for some time, for a while
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ălĭquantisper:
I adv. temp. aliquantus-per; analog. to paulisper, for a moderate period of time (neither too long nor too short), for a while, for a time, for some time (ante-class. and post-Aug.): concedere aliquantisper hinc mihi intro libet, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158: Quor non ludo hunc aliquantisper? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 5: concedas aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 11: si illi egestate aliquantisper jacti forent, Caecil. ap. Non. 511, 27; Flor. 2, 18, 14: sed ille simulato timore diu continuit se, et insultare Parthos aliquantisper passus est, Just. 42, 4, 8; so id. 1, 8, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ălĭquantispĕr (cf. parumper), adv., pendant passablement de temps, qq. temps : Pl. Ps. 571 ; Cæcil. 45 ; Ter. Ad. 639 ; aliquantisper pugnato Quadr. Ann. 60, après un assez long combat.
Latin > German (Georges)
aliquantisper, Adv. (aliquantus u. per), eine (ziemliche) Zeitlang, eine Weile, Caecil. com. 45. Plaut. Pseud. 571. Claud. Quadr. fr. 6, 60 P. Ter. heaut. 572; adelph. 639. Flor. 2, 18, 14. Iustin. 1, 8, 3; 4, 2, 7; 42, 4, 8. Firm. math. 8, 31. p. 243, 48.
