aliquam

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Latin

Etymology 1

From ali- +‎ quam.

Adverb

aliquam (not comparable)

  1. largely (to a large extent)
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

aliquam

  1. feminine accusative singular of aliquī

References

  • aliquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aliquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aliquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) a thing which is rather (very) dubious: quod aliquam (magnam) dubitationem habet (Leg. Agr. 1. 4. 11)
    • (ambiguous) to measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion: dirigere or referre aliquid ad aliquam rem
    • (ambiguous) to betroth oneself, get engaged: sibi (aliquam) despondere (of the man)
    • (ambiguous) to marry (of the man): ducere aliquam in matrimonium
    • (ambiguous) to separate from, divorce (of the man): aliquam suas res sibi habere iubere (Phil. 2. 28. 69)