quā

Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch:

quā, Adverb (als Ablativ von qui, quae, quod)

I)auf der Seite wo, da wo, wohin

ad omnes aditus, qua adiri poteratCic.

duae viae, qua ad hibernacula posset perveniriNep.

qua intenderatLiv.

qua res inclinatura essetLiv.

qua prospici poterat, so weit die Blicke reichtenCurt.

korrespondierend

eaquaCaes.

quaeaLiv.

eademquaNep.Liv.

II)übertragen

A)partitiv: qua … qua, teils … teils, sowohl … als auch

qua virum qua uxorem di vos perdantPlaut.

qua dominus qua advocatiCic.

qua nobilitate gentis qua corporis magnitudineLiv.

qua corporis qua animi roburVal. Max.

qua feminae qua viriPlin. ep.Vergleiche Brix Plaut. Men. 666; M. Müller Anh. II zu Liv. 2, 35, 4; Dräger Hist. Synt. Bd. 2. S. 96. 2. Aufl

B)in wie (so) weit, in wie (so) fern

effuge, qua potesOv.

mitigare naturam, qua repugnatQuint.

C)auf welche Art, wie

illuc qua veniam?Cic.

qua facere possisVerg.

daher

ne qua, damit nicht etwaTer. Cic.

wiederholt

qua res, qua ratio suaderet, quaque etc.Hor. sat. 1, 2, 50 sq

si qua, wenn etwaLiv. 6, 3, 7Verg. Aen. 1, 18

Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary:

quā, adverb ablative feminine of qui, of place, on which side, at which place, in what direction, where, by what way

in eo loco quā naves accedere possentCic.

in templum ipse nescio quā ascenditCic.

quā se parens persequereturCic.

reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittitCaes.

Plurima quā silva estOv.

incessit, quā duxit praedae spes, exercitusLiv.

oras, quā medius liquor Secernit Europen ab AfroHor.

quā murum ducturi erantLiv.

incerti, quā data victoria esset, on which sideLiv.

ad omnīs introitūs quā adiri poteratCic.

vias relaxat, veniat quā sucus in herbasVerg.

duae erant viae, quā, etc.Nep.

Where, to what extent, as far as

omnia, quā visus erat, constrata telisSall.

consedit in ripis, quā sequi munimento poteratLiv.

quā terra patet, fera regnat ErinysOv.

Figuratively, repeated in partitive sense, quā . . . quā, partly . . . partly; as well . . . as, both . . . and

usi sunt quā suis quisque quā totius ordinis viribusLiv.

omnia convestivit hederā quā basim villae, quā intercolumniaCic.

quā dominus, quā advocatiCic.

quā falsa quā vera iacereLiv.

In what manner, how, by what method, by what means

Quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentemVerg.

ante praedico, Antonium dilectūs, quā possit, habiturum, in whatever mannerCic.

To what extent, in what degree, as far as

coëant in foedera dextrae, Quā daturVerg.

statui non ultra attingere externa, nisi quā Romanis cohaereant rebus, in so far asLiv.

si Quā res, quā ratio suaderet, vellet bonus . . . EsseHor.

Indefinite, in any way, to any degree

Only with ne

fieri potis est ut ne quā exeat, not at allTer.

ne quā populus laboret cavereHor.


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