quotus
γλῶσσα μὲν ἀνόστεος, ὀστέα δὲ θλάττει → angry words are bullets, many words hurt more than swords, one can kill with a word, one can kill with words, pen is mightier than the sword, the pen is mightier than the sword, tongue is not steel, tongue is sharper than any sword, tongue wounds more than a lance, word can hurt, word can kill, words are bullets, words are the greatest weapon, words are the new weapons, words are weapons, words can hurt, words can hurt more than swords, words can kill, words cut deeper than a knife, words cut deeper than any sword
Latin > English
quotus quota, quotum ADJ :: having what position in a numerical series?, bearing what proportion to
quotus quotus quota, quotum ADJ :: what number of?; how many?; what ever number of, as many as; the number that
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quŏtus: a, um, adj. quot,
I which or what in number, order, etc.; of what number, how many (class.): quotus erit iste denarius, qui non sit ferendus? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 220: scire velim, chartis pretium quotus arroget annus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35: quota pars illi rerum periere mearum, Ov. M. 7, 522: hora quota est? what o'clock is it? (prop. what is the number of the hour?), Hor. S. 2, 6, 44: scis, quota de Libyco litore puppis eat, how many ships, Mart. 9, 36, 8: tu, quotus esse velis, rescribe, of what number you wish to be, i. e. how many guests you would like to have invited with you, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 30: pars quota laudis, how great, i. e. how very small, Ov. Am. 2, 12, 9: quota pars terraï, Lucr. 6, 652; Ov. M. 9, 69; Curt. 5, 5, 14.—In connection with quisque (also in one word, quŏtusquisque) to designate a small number, how few; it may also be rendered into English by how many (in Cic. only in nom. and in principal clause): quotus enim quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ut ratio postulat? how many? i. e. how few! Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: quotus enim quisque disertus? quotus quisque juris peritus est? id. Planc. 25, 62: quoto cuique lorica est? Curt. 9, 3, 11; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: forma quota quaeque superbit? Ov. A. A. 3, 103: quotum quemque inveneris, qui, etc., Tac. Or. 29: nam quoto cuique eadem honestatis cura secreto, quae palam? Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: repete memoriā tecum quotus quisque dies ut destinaveras recesserit, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: quoto quoque loco libebit, in whatsoever place one may wish, Auct. Her. 3, 17, 30.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quŏtus,¹¹ a, um, adj. interrog. [dir. et indir.], en quel nombre : quotus erit iste denarius, qui non sit ferendus ? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 220, quel sera ce denier limite tel qu’il ne puisse être supporté ? quel est ce nombre de deniers qu’on pourra qualifier insupportable ? scire velim, chartis pretium quotus arroget annus Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35, je voudrais savoir le quantième d’années, le chiffre d’années qui donne aux écrits leur valeur ; hora quota est ? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44, quelle heure est-il ? quotus esse velis, rescribe Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 30, réponds-moi avec combien de gens tu veux être à table, combien tu veux avoir d’invités avec toi || v. quotus quisque.
Latin > German (Georges)
quotus, a, um (quot), der wievielste, quotus erit iste denarius, qui non sit ferendus? Cic.: quota hora est? wieviel Uhr ist es? Hor.: quotā (Abl. sc. horā)? um wieviel Uhr? Hor.: quoto anno, Cic. u. Sen.: quotus esse velis, rescribe, wie zahlreich du zu kommen gedenkst (Wieland), wieviel Gesellschafter od. Mitgäste du haben willst, Hor. ep. 1, 5, 30: quota pars laudis, der wievielste, ein sehr kleiner, Ov.: quota pars nostri, wie wenige von uns, Curt.: korresp. m. totus (der sovielste), detrahitur summae tota pars, quota demitur etc., Manil. 3, 420. – verb. quotus quisque, α) zur Bezeichnung ber Allgemeinheit, quoto quoque loco libebit, wo es nur belieben wird, Cornif. rhet. – β) zur Bezeichnung der geringen Anzahl, wie viele = wie wenige, wenig, quotus enim quisque disertus? Cic.: quota quaeque domus usque ad exitum omnibus partibus suis constitit? Sen.: formā quota quaeque superbit? Ov.: quoto cuique lorica est? Curt.: quotus quisque reliquus (wie wenige waren noch übrig), qui rem publicam vidisset? Tac.
Latin > Chinese
quotus? a, um. adj. :: 何數者。何等。— quisque? v. quotusquisque. Dic — es? 汝言連你有幾多人。Hora quota est? 何時辰。Pars quota laudis? 讚美彼如何少乎。