quantus

Latin

Etymology

From quam (“how, how much”).

From Proto-Indo-European *kuiʰent- (“how much, how many”). Cognates include Sanskrit kivant-, Avestan čvant-, Old Persian čiyant-, Kurdish çend.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷan.tus/, [ˈkʷan.tʊs]

Adjective

quantus (feminine quanta, neuter quantum); first/second declension

  1. how much, how many
  2. how big

Usage notes
  • Being naturally adjective, quantus was then used substantively as quantum (with genitive) to mean "as much of...as"; as quantī (pretiī) to mean "how high (a price)", "as high (a price) as", "how dear", "as dear as"; adverbially as quantum to mean "as much as" (cf. quam); as quantō to mean "by how much", "by as much as". For all these tantus has its coordinate functions.

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quantus quanta quantum quantī quantae quanta
Genitive quantī quantae quantī quantōrum quantārum quantōrum
Dative quantō quantō quantīs
Accusative quantum quantam quantum quantōs quantās quanta
Ablative quantō quantā quantō quantīs
Vocative quante quanta quantum quantī quantae quanta

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
Latin correlatives (edit)
typeinterrogativeindefinite(medial)
demonstrative		proximal
demonstrative		distal
demonstrative		relativeindefinite
relative		identityother
basic quis, quīquis, quī, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllusis, iste, istichicille, illicquīquisquis, quīcumqueipse, īdemalter, alius
dual uteralteruter, uterqueuterutercumque
number quotaliquottotquotquotquot, quotcumquetotidem
order quotustotusquotusquotuscumque
quantity quamaliquamtamquam†quamquam†tamen, †tandem
size quantusaliquantustantusquantusquantuscumquetantusdem
quality quālistālisquālisquālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutique, quī, aliquō modōita, sic, eō/istō modōhōc modōillō modōut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutcumque, quōmodocumqueitem, itidemaliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path
place		 quāaliquā, quāqueeā, istāchācillācquāquāquā, quācumqueeādemaliā
place ubialicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiamibi, istichīcillicubiubicumqueibidemalibī, aliās
source undealicundeinde, istinchincillincundeundecumqueindidemaliunde
destination quō, quōrsumaliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsumeō, istūc, °istōrsumhūc, °hōrsumillūc, °illōrsumquōquōquō, quōcumqueeōdemaliō, aliorsum
time quandōaliquandō, quandōque, umquamtum, tuncōlimcum, quandōcumque, quandōcumque, quandōquesimulaliās
exact time quota horaea/ista horahac horailla horaquota horaquotacumque horaeadem horaaltera/alia hora
repetition quotiēnsaliquotiēnstotiēnsquotiēnsquotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplextotuplexquotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare

Descendants

References
  • quantus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quantus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quantus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • quantus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) as far as I can guess: quantum ego coniectura assequor, auguror
    • (ambiguous) as far as I know: quantum scio
    • (ambiguous) I am not dissatisfied with my progress: non me paenitet, quantum profecerim
    • (ambiguous) to take only enough food to support life: tantum cibi et potionis adhibere quantum satis est
  • quantity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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