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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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    1. I. As adv. of manner, in what way:
      1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
    2. II. To what degree:
      1. 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. 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).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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(1) As interrogative particle, qui? (e.g., deum, nisi sempiternum intelligere, qui possumus? Cic. In an indirect interrogative sentence only Plaut.): quomodo? (in what way? by what means? 1. Direct; Maecenas quomodo tecum? Hor., and absolutely, ut tantum orator dare cogeretur. Quomodo?, etc., Cic. 2. Indirect: haec negotia quomodo se habeant, ne epistola quidem narrare audeo. 3. As an exclamation of surprise: quomodo se venditant Caesari!): quemadmodum (after what manner? 1. Direct; si non reliquit, quemadmodum ab eo postea exegisti? Cic., Rosc. Com., 18. 2. Indirect; providi, quemadmodum salvi esse possemus; excogitare, quemadmodum, etc., Cic.; consilia inire, quemadmodum ab Gergovia discederet, Caes., cogita, quemadmodum fortuna nobiscum egerit, quemadmodum provincia se habeat; modus est, in quo quemadmodum... factum sit, quaeritur; Vid: Herz. ad Caes., B.G., 7, 43, fin., who, however, restricts the meaning of quomodo too absolutely to the office of inquiring after the means and instruments of accomplishing anything): qua ratione: quibus rationibus (by what methods, etc., indirect: quid enim refert, qua me ratione cogatis, how you compel me, nec quibus rationibus superare possent, sed quemadmodum uti victoria deberent, cogitabant, Caes.): quo pacto (inquires after the conditions and circumstances under which anything takes place; indirect, somehow or other, nescio quo pacto, Cic.). How! how say you? (implying surprise), quid! quid ais? how are you? how do you do? quomodo vales? ut vales? (how is your health?): quo loco sunt res tuae? (how are your affairs?): quid agitur? quid agis? (τί πράττεις; how goes it with you? etc.): how does the matter stand? quomodo res se habet? how does it happen that, etc., qui (tandem) fit, ut, etc. How now? quid porro? quid vero? How so? quid ita? qui dum? (Plaut.); qui vero (Plaut.); qui cedo (Terentianus). How say you? quid dicis? quid ais? How many? quam multi (quam multorum, etc.)?quot (the former stronger). How many are they? how many are there of them? quot sunt illi? (how many are they altogether?); quot sunt illorum? (how many are there of those who are present?) How few are there who, etc.? quotusquisque est, qui (with subjunctive)? How often, quam saepe: quoties. How big, etc., quantus: how old are you? quot annos natus es? How much (or many) soever [Vid: “HOWEVER many, much”]. How much do you pay for your lodgings? quanti habitas? how much does he charge for his lessons? quanti docet? [On quanti, quanto, Vid: Zumpt, 444, 445.] How long? quam diu? By how much... by so much, quanto... tanto (with comparatives); also, quo... eo. How far, Vid: FAR. (2) As intersection, quam (with adverbs, adjectives, and sometimes verbs; quam multa; quam morosi; quam valde; quam cupiunt laudari!): ut (marking degree). How well you did it! quam bene fecisti! how afraid he is lest, etc., ut timet, ne! etc.: how he weighs all his words! ut omnia verba moderatur! (So after a sentence with cum; quod cum facis, ut ego tuum amorem... desidero! Cic.) How I wish, quam velim: quam or quantopere vellem (imperfectly, if the wish cannot be realized). How dissatisfied he was with himself! ut sibi ipse displicebat! ☞ The accusative only is often used. How blind I was! me caecum! (e.g., qui haec ante non viderim): how vain are the hopes of men! o fallacem hominum spem! (so, o fragilem fortunam! o inanes nostras contentiones!) How much (with comparatives), quanto (e.g., quanto magis philosophi delectabunt, si, etc.).