quantity
quantity
subs.
Number: P. and V. ἀ̆ριθμός, ὁ, πλῆθος, τό.
Amount: P. and V. πλῆθος, τό.
Measure: P. and V. μέτρον, τό.
A quantity of: use adj., P. and V. πολύς, Ar. and P. πάμπολυς.
subs.
Number: P. and V. ἀ̆ριθμός, ὁ, πλῆθος, τό.
Amount: P. and V. πλῆθος, τό.
Measure: P. and V. μέτρον, τό.
A quantity of: use adj., P. and V. πολύς, Ar. and P. πάμπολυς.
QUANTITY
quantitas (Plin.); copia: numerus (Cic.): a great quantity magnus numerus; multum: a considerable quantity aliquot (of number): aliquantum (of quantity with genitive e.g. auri): in quantity copiosus; adverb copiose: (in prosody) *mensura *quantitas (grammatical).
quantitas (Plin.); copia: numerus (Cic.): a great quantity magnus numerus; multum: a considerable quantity aliquot (of number): aliquantum (of quantity with genitive e.g. auri): in quantity copiosus; adverb copiose: (in prosody) *mensura *quantitas (grammatical).
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.
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.
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.
3. cōpĭa, f., a large q.: cf. nimborum c., Lucr. 6, 511: v.
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.
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.
IV. In prosody: no gen. term in good Latin: v.