aliquot
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
Latin > English
aliquot undeclined ADJ :: some, several; a few; not many; a number (of); more than one
aliquot aliquot undeclined N N :: some/several/a few people; more than one; a number
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ălĭquŏt:
I indef. indecl. num. alius-quot; cf. aliquis, some, several, a few, not many (undefined in number; while nonnulli indicates an indeterminate selection from several persons, Caes. B. G. 3, 2; cf. Wolf ad Suet. Caes. 10): dies, Ter. And. 2, 1, 13; Vulg. Jud. 14, 8; ib. Act. 9, 19; 10, 48: liberae, Ter. And. 4, 4, 32: amici, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 82: saecula, Cic. Univ. 1: epistulae, id Fam. 7, 18: aliquot abacorum, id. Verr. 4, 57: aliquot de causis, Caes. B. G. 3, 2 al.— Without subst.: aliquot me adierunt, Ter. And. 3, 3, 2: ex quā aliquot praetorio imperio redierunt, Cic. Pis. 38: ille non aliquot occiderit, multos ferro, etc., id. Sex. Rosc. 100.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ălĭquŏt⁹ (alis, quot), [indécl.; employé comme adj. et qqf. comme subst.], quelques, un certain nombre de : aliquot anni Cic. Mur. 32, un certain nombre d’années ; aliquot sæculis post Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 73, quelques siècles après ; aliquot de causis Cæs. G. 3, 2, 2, pour plusieurs raisons || aliquot ex veteribus Cic. Br. 181, un certain nombre parmi les anciens ; occisi aliquot Cic. Phil. 8, 6, il y eut quelques tués, cf. Amer. 100 ; Pis. 38 ; Liv. 23, 44, 4 ; 27, 47, 9, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
aliquot, Numer. indef. indecl., irgend einige (also das Unbestimmte in der Zahl, dagegen non nulli, der eine u. der andere, der u. jener, das Unbestimmte in der Auswahl aus mehreren), al. amici, Ter.: al. epistulae, Cic.: al. aristae, einige wenige, spärliche, Verg.: al. annis, seit einigen J., seit einer ziemlichen Reihe von J., Cic.: al. diebus ante, Cic.: per al. horarum spatia, ein paar Stunden, Plin. ep.
Latin > Chinese
aliquot. adj. ind. :: 幾許
