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|lshtext=<b>quālĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[qualis]], III.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[quality]], [[property]], [[nature]], [[state]], [[condition]] ([[class]].; a [[word]] formed by [[Cicero]] as the translation of Gr. [[ποιότης]];> freq. [[only]] in postclass. [[prose]]), Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 24; cf.: qualitates [[igitur]] appellavi, quas ποιότητας [[Graeci]] vocant: [[quod]] ipsum [[apud]] Graecos non est vulgi [[verbum]], sed philosophorum, id. ib. 1, 7, 25 sq.; cf. id. N. D. 2, 37, 94: litoris nostri, Col. 8, 17, 8; so, caeli, Quint. 5, 9, 15: facti, id. 7, 4, 16 et saep.— In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: qualitatium [[differentia]], Plin. 36, 22, 44, § 159: [[ager]] aliis qualitatibus aestimandus est, Col. 2, 2, 17: in verbis genera et qualitates et personas et numeros, i. e. moods, Quint. 1, 4, 27: pro qualitate mensurae, Vulg. 1 Par. 28, 17: [[sicut]] in organo qualitatis [[sonus]] immutatur, the [[sound]] of the [[mode]], or [[rhythm]], id. Sap. 19, 17.