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"In such a sentence as hic tam beatus est, quam ille the sense of tam beatus could equally be rendered by non beatior. It was presumably by the substitution of equivalent expressions ('contamination'), possibly first in negative expressions, that the illogical quam 'as' came to be used after comparatives."
in what (which) way, to what (which) degree; how, how much, as much as, as far as (after superlative adjectives and adverbs)
quam potuit.
In what way/ to what degree/ how/ how much/ as much as/ as far as he could.
quam primum ― as quickly as possible
quam celerrime ― as quickly as possible
quam maxime ― as far as possible
quam serissime ― as late as possible
quam saepissime ― much often
Quam rogas!
How much you ask!
quam maximis potest itineribus ― by as long journeys as he can (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 9)
Ipse, ut quam primum iter faceret ― He himself with the intention of marching as soon as possible (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11)
Equitibus imperat, ut quam latissime possint vagentur et quam maximum hostibus terrorem inferant ― He orders the cavalry to extend themselves as far as they could, and strike as great a panic as possible into the enemy (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 8)
ut in omnes partes equites quam latissime pervagentur ― that the cavalry should range as extensively as possible in all directions (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 9)
ante quam (+ subjunctive or infinitive) ― sooner than
aliter quam voles ― in a different way than you want
Hic maior est, quam ille.
This is bigger, than that.
offendēs dissignātiōnem Tyranniōnis mīrificam librōrum meōrum, quōrum reliquiae multō meliōrēs sunt quam putāram ― You will encounter Tyrannio's wonderful arrangement of my books, the remains of which are much better than I had thought. (Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, 4.4A)
sed Tobias plus timens Deum quam regem rapiebat corpora occisorum et occultabat in domo sua et mediis noctibus sepeliebat ea
But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them.
Priusque omnes in unum locum cogit quam de eius adventu Arvernis nuntiari posset ― and gathers all legions into one place sooner than (before) the intelligence of his arrival could be announced to the Arverni (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 9)
Praestare visum est tamen omnis difficultates perpeti quam tanta contumelia accepta ― However it seemed better to sustain any hardship than to accept such an insult (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 10)
“quam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“quam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
quam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
quam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 1,290–1,291.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
(ambiguous) I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut
(ambiguous) nothing is more tiresome to me than..: nihil mihi longius est quam (c. Inf.)
(ambiguous) it is more than twenty years ago: amplius sunt (quam) viginti anni or viginti annis
(ambiguous) Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas, quam Plato finxit
(ambiguous) this is more plausible than true: haec speciosiora quam veriora sunt
(ambiguous) I have exhausted all my material: copiam quam potui persecutus sum
(ambiguous) there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
(ambiguous) by the longest possible forced marches: quam maximis itineribus (potest)
quam in Ramminger, Johann (2024 April 25 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016