how Copy link Outline I. As adv. of manner, in what way1. quōmŏdŏ or quo mŏdo (in direct or indirect questions; also in exclamations)2. quemadmŏdum or quem ad modum (like preced., but perh. rather more definite in its reference to manner)3. quî (strictly abl. of quis? in direct questions only)4. ŭt (chiefly after verbs of hearing, telling, etc., foll. by subj.5. quid (interrogative = how so? how say you? usu. as preliminary to another question)II. To what degree1. quam (chiefly in exclamations)2. quantŏpĕrĕ or quanto ŏpĕre (how greatly) • how: I. As adv. of manner, in what way: 1. quōmŏdŏ or quo mŏdo (in direct or indirect questions; also in exclamations): how stands Maecenas with you, Maecenas q. tecum? Hor. S. 1, 9, 43: Cic. Verr. 3, 10, 25: how these matters stand, I don't venture to tell, haec negotia q. se habeant narrare non audeo, Cic. Fam. 2, 5. Less freq. in exclam.: h. they are trumping themselves up to Caesar, q. se venditant Caesari! Cic. Att. 8, 16. Similar to quomodo is quo pacto, but more precise and emphatic: they settle what is to be done, and how, quid quoque pacto agi placeat constituunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 83: esp. in phr. nescio quo pacto, somehow or other: v. somehow. 2. quemadmŏdum or quem ad modum (like preced., but perh. rather more definite in its reference to manner): if not, h. [in what way] did you get the money from him, si non, q. [pecuniam] ab eo exegisti? Cic. R. Com. 18, 55: Pl.: Plin. jun. (freq.): I know the whole affair, how it stands, ego omnem rem scio, q. est, Pl.: Cic. (N.B.--Not used in exclamations.) 3. quî (strictly abl. of quis? in direct questions only): how comes it, quî fit? Hor. S. 1, 1, 1: how can we think of God as other than eternal, Deum nisi sempiternum intelligere quî possumus? Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25: Caes. 4. ŭt (chiefly after verbs of hearing, telling, etc., foll. by subj.: less freq. in direct questions: also in exclamations): I believe you have heard how they pressed round me, credo te audivisse ut me circumsteterint, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2: h. does he do, ut valet? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 12: Pl.: how they are transported with joy, ut illi efferuntur laetitia! Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 61: how I miss your love and sympathy, ut ego tuum amorem et dolorem desidero! Cic. Att. 3, 11. 5. quid (interrogative = how so? how say you? usu. as preliminary to another question): how now? do you think I entrusted this to you? quid? tu me hoc tibi mandasse existimas? Cic. Fam. 2, 8: also foll. by si = how if ...: how if I were to alter this, quid si hoc muto? Caec. in Cic. Fam. 6, 7, med. II. To what degree: 1. quam (chiefly in exclamations): how much in how few words, quam multa quam paucis! Cic. Fam. 11, 24: see, how long I stand here and knock, vide, quam dudum hic adsto et pulto! Pl. St. 2, 2, 39. (N.B.--How much? how many? how little? must be expr. by quantus, quot, quantulus: how many are there of you, quot estis? how much money, quantum pecuniae? but how many as an exclam. can only be expr. by quam multi: v. supr.) 2. quantŏpĕrĕ or quanto ŏpĕre (how greatly): it is indescribable how greatly they rejoice, dici non potest quantopere (al. quanto opere) gaudeant, Cic. Att. 14, 6: he points out how greatly it concerns the commonwealth, docet quanto opere reipublicae intersit, Caes. B. G. 2, 5. Phr.: how many times, quoties: how many times soever, quotiescunque, Cic.: how few there are found who ..., quotusquisque invenitur qui ..., Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: how much more, quanto magis! Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10: how much less, nedum [non dicam]: cf. Cic. Clu. 35, 95, optimis temporibus, nec P. Popillius, nec Q. Metellus ..., nedum his temporibus ... salvi esse possimus ("how much less can we be safe?"): Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45 (quanto minus in this sense appears to be without authority: quanto magis ... non is more agreeable to analogy).