quantity Copy link Outline I. (Abstr.) the property of (II. concr.) anything which may be conceived of as greater or less1. quantĭtas, ātis, f. (etym. equiv.2. nŭmĕrus (a q. made up of distinct units)3. magnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.III. Absol. for a q. definite as to greatness or smallness1. ălĭquantus2. multus; esp. multum, -a, as n. subs. and advs.3. cōpĭa, f., a large q.4. vīs, vis, f.; alone, v. lacrimarum (a flood of tears), Cic. Rep. 6, 145. ălĭquantŭlus (in small q.); a small q. of corn, aliq. frumenti numerus, Hirt. B. Air. 216. pauxillum and pauxillŭlum, n.7. mŏdĭcus, -umIV. In prosody • quantity: I. (Abstr.) the property of (II. concr.) anything which may be conceived of as greater or less: (these senses are common to the Latin equivalents): 1. quantĭtas, ātis, f. (etym. equiv.: but not usu. the best trans.): q. by measure or number, q. modi seu numeri, Quint. 7, 4, 3: cf. id. 7, 5, 41: q. of moisture, humoris q., Plin. 17, 24, 37, n. 2: concr. for a sum of money, Ulp. Dig. 16, 2, 11: cf. id. ib. 30, 1, 34. Also expr. by the adjs. quantus (what q.), quantuscunque, quantusvis, quantusquantus, and the advs. quanto, quantum, etc., and tantus (such a q.), etc. 2. nŭmĕrus (a q. made up of distinct units): a great q. of corn, magnus n. frumenti, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72. 3. magnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.: q. of produce, m. fructuum, Cic. Agr. 2, 35: q. of money, m. pecuniae, id. Rosc. Am. 7: v. amount. III. Absol. for a q. definite as to greatness or smallness: 1. ălĭquantus: al. pecunia, Apul. Ap. p. 320, 1: esp. aliquantum, n. subs. with part. gen.; al. agri, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33 and absol.; a good q. of work has been done (answer to a question), actum vero, et aliquantum quidem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15: also (of things counted) aliquot. 2. multus; esp. multum, -a, as n. subs. and advs.: v. much: too great a q. (or in too great q.) nimium multa, Cic. Fam. 4, 14: nimis multa, id. Fin. 2, 18. 3. cōpĭa, f., a large q.: cf. nimborum c., Lucr. 6, 511: v. abundance: in large q., cōpĭōsus, and adv. cōpĭōsē: Join: large et copiose comparare pastum, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121. 4. vīs, vis, f.; alone, v. lacrimarum (a flood of tears), Cic. Rep. 6, 14: esp. with magna: a great q. (a cloud) of dust, v. magna pulveris, Caes. B. C. 2., 26: of gold and silver, cf. in pompa quum magna vis auri argentique ferretur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91. And, in the opp. sense, 5. ălĭquantŭlus (in small q.); a small q. of corn, aliq. frumenti numerus, Hirt. B. Air. 21: esp. n. subs. with gen. partit., a small q. of warm water, aliquantulum aquae tepidae, Suet. Ner. 48: of land, agri, Liv. 21, 30: cf. aeris alieni aliquantulum (a small amount of debt), Cic. Quint. 4, 15. Also tantŭlus, -um: v. little, small: who only wants that small q. which he really needs, qui tantuli eget, quantum est opus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 59. 6. pauxillum and pauxillŭlum, n.: he had a small q. of money left in my hands, erat ei apud me reliquum pauxillulum numorum, Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 3. 7. mŏdĭcus, -um: v. moderate. IV. In prosody: no gen. term in good Latin: v. long, short: the grammarians give *mensūra: *quantitas.