quamdiu

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Latin

Etymology

Compound of quam (“how”) + diū (“long”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷan.di.uː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.di.u/,

Adverb

quam diū (not comparable)

how long
Synonym: quousque
- Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Epistle CI
  Quam bene vivas, non quamdiu.
  How well you live, not how long.
as long as, until, during

References

“quamdiu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
quamdiu 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)
quamdiu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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