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quō-nam , adv.
I. Whither pray? (class.): quo tu te agis? Char. Quonam, nisi domum? Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 71; id. Merc. 5, 2, 16: “eam si nunc sequor, quonam?” Cic. Att. 8, 3, 5: “quonam haec omnia, nisi ad suam perniciem pertinere?” Caes. B. C. 1, 9, 4.—
II. How far pray? quonam usque? Stat. Th. 1, 215; 9, 511; id. Achill. 1, 624; Gell. 1, 3, 19.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 8.3.5
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