soon as possible, as Copy link Outline 1. quamprīmum (or separately, quam primum)2. prīmo quoque tempŏre3. expr. also by a superl. adv. with or without quam • soon as possible, as: 1. quamprīmum (or separately, quam primum): he charges him to return to him as s. as possible, huic mandat ut ad se quamprimum revertatur, Caes. B. G. 4, 21: Cic. Very rarely with possum, and not to be imitated: that you return as s. as possible, ut quamprimum possis redeas. Pl. Capt. 2, 3, 88. 2. prīmo quoque tempŏre: that as s. as possible they should bring forward these matters before this house, ut primo quoque tempore de his rebus ad hunc ordinem referrent, Cic. Phil. 3, 15, extr., and pass. 3. expr. also by a superl. adv. with or without quam: the offence should be punished as s. as possible, res maturissime vindicanda est, Cic. Caec. 2, 7: let him come to the province as s. as possible, quam ocissime ad provinciam accedat, Sall. J. 25, ad med.