• quŏtus,
a, um,
adj. [quot],
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.