quantus, quanta, quantum

Definitions for quantus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
how large, how great, how much
English derivatives:
quantify quantity quantitative quantum

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
(interr.). Of what size, amount, etc.? how great? (b) (of things in importance, worth, etc.). (c) (of persons, etc., in might, ability, or sim.). (d) (in degree, of abst. forces, conditions, etc.). (e) (pl) how many?
2
(exclam.) How great (in size, amount, etc.)!; (also, w. ref. to smallness) of what a size! (b) (of persons, etc.). (c) (of abst. things). (d) (pl.) how many!
3
(rel.) Of what size, degree, amount, etc.; (pl.) of what number. (b) ~us est, in all its size, length, etc. (emphasizing that the full amount is involved).
4
(w. tantus or other correl. adj. or adv.).
5
~um maximum, maxime, potest, and sim., (As great) as the greatest (he) can (do, etc.).

Sentences with quantus

Latin to English

Dēnique omnia expōnat ut iam comprehendātis quanta scelera contrā rem pūblicam commissa sint.Compare Finally, let him explain all things so that you (pl.) may now understand what great crimes have been committed against the republic.

Cum cognōvisset quanta beneficia cēterī trēs offerent, ipse aequa beneficia obtulit.Compare When he had learned what great benefits the other three men were offering, he himself offered equal benefits.

Quantus vero iste civitas aestimandus sum, ex qui bonus sapiensque pello?Compare But in what value is that state to be held, from which the good and wise are expelled?

Hic, nescio quomodo, accido, non meus quidem meritum: sed quantus is refert, si tamen accido?Compare This happens I know not how, not by my fault indeed: but what does it matter, if nevertheless it happens?

Quantus in exiguo tempore fugit amor!Compare How much love has gone in so little time.

Nam tantus multitudo, quantus capio urbs noster, concursus sum.Compare For there was a concourse of as great a multitude as our city holds.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 206.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1541.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "quantus, quanta, quantum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 21, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/quantus-quanta-quantum.