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ălĭquandŏ ,
I.temp. adv. [aliquis; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 856, regards the affix in this word and in quando as from an earlier -da = dies].
I. A.. In opp. to a definite, fixed point of time, at some time or other, once; at any time, ever (i. e. at an indefinite, undetermined time, of the past, present, and future; mostly in affirmative clauses, while umquam is only used of past and future time, and in negative clauses or those implying doubt; cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51).—Of the past: neque ego umquam fuisse tale monstrum in terris ullum puto: quis clarioribus viris quodam tempore jucundior? quis turpioribus conjunctior: quis civis meliorum partium aliquando? Cic. Cael. 5, 12: “Ad quem angelorum dixit aliquando, Sede etc.,Vulg. Heb. 1, 13.—Of the future: “erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet aliquando ille dies, etc.,Cic. Mil. 26, 69: “cave, ne aliquando peccato consentias,Vulg. Tob. 4, 6: “huic utinam aliquando gratiam referre possimus! Habebimus quidem semper,Cic. Fam. 14, 4: “ne posset aliquando ad bellum faciendum locus ipse adhortari,id. Off. 1, 11, 35.—Of the present: de rationibus et de controversiis societatis vult dijudicari. Sero: verum aliquando tamen, but yet once, in opp. to not at all, never, Cic. Quint. 13, 43.—
B. With non, nec (eccl. Lat.): “non peccabitis aliquando,Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 10: “nec aliquando defuit quidquam iis,ib. 1 Reg. 25, 7; 25, 15; ib. Dan. 14, 6; ib 1 Thess. 2, 5.—
C. In connection with ullus, and oftener, esp. in Cic., with aliquis: “quaerere ea num vel e Philone vel ex ullo Academico audivisset aliquando,Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11: Forsitan aliquis aliquando ejusmodi quidpiam fecerit. Cic. Verr. 2, 32, 78; “ego quia dico aliquid aliquando, et quia, ut fit, in multis exit aliquando aliquid, etc.,id. Planc 14, 35; “non despero fore aliquem aliquando,id. de Or. 1, 21, 95: “docendo etiam aliquid aliquando,id. Or. 42, 144: “Nam aut erit hic aliquid aliquando, etc.,id. Fam. 7, 11, 2.—So with quisquis: “nec quidquam aliquando periit,Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 15; 25, 7.—
D. Si forte aliquando or si aliquando, if at any time, if ever; or of a distant, but undefined, point of time, if once, at one time, or one day: “si quid hujus simile forte aliquando evenerit,Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 40: “quod si aliquando manus ista plus valuerit quam vestra ac rei publicae dignitas, etc.,Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 20: ampla domus dedecori saepe domino fit, et maxime si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari, once, i. e. at a former time, id. Off. 1, 39, 139.—
E. It is often used (opp.: in praesentiā, nunc, adhuc) of an indefinite, past, or future time = olim, quondam, once, formerly; in future time, hereafter: “quod sit in praesentiā de honestate delibatum, virtute aliquando et industriā recuperetur,Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 174: “aliquando nobis libertatis tempus fuisse, quod pacis vobiscum non fuerit: nunc certe, etc., Liv 25, 29: Iol ad mare, aliquando ignobilis, nunc illustris,Mel. 1, 6: “Qui aliquando non populus, nunc autem populus Dei,Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 10; ib. Philem. 11: “quam concedis adhuc artem omnino non esse, sed aliquando, etc.,Cic. de Or 1, 58, 246.—Sometimes the point of time in contrast can be determined only from the context: “quaerere num e Philone audivisset aliquando,Cic. Ac. Pr. 2, 4, 11: “veritus sum deesse Pompeii saluti, cum ille aliquando non defuisset meae,id. Fam. 6, 6, 10: “aut quisquam nostri misereri potest, qui aliquando vobis hostis fuit?Sall. J. 14, 17: “Zacynthus aliquando appellata Hyrie,Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Plin. Ep. 6, 10: “quae aliquando viderat,Vulg. Gen. 42, 9; ib. 1 Pet. 3, 20.—
II. Of that which at times happens, in contrast with that which never or seldom occurs, sometimes, now and then = non numquam, interdum (opp.: numquam, raro; semper, saepe).
C. In partitive clauses, twice, or even several times, like modo—modo, sometimes also alternating with non numquam or modo (so only in the post-Aug. per.), at one time ... at another, now.. now: “confirmatio aliquando totius causae est, aliquando partium,Quint. 5, 13, 58; Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262; Sen. Q. N. 2, 36, 2: “aliquando emicat stella, aliquando ardores sunt, aliquando fixi et haerentes, non numquam volubiles,id. ib. 1, 14; cf. Suet. Calig. 52: “Vespasianus modo in spem erectus, aliquando adversa reputabat,Tac. H. 2, 74; id. A. 16, 10.—
D. In colloquial lang., to indicate that there is occasion for a certain thing, once, for once, on this occasion, now: “aliquando osculando melius est, uxor, pausam fieri,Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 1: “sed si placet, sermonem alio transferamus, et nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur,now in our own way, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133: “sed ne plura: dicendum enim aliquando est, Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,I must for once say it, id. Fam. 13, 1, 14.—
F. Of that which happens after long expectation or delay, freq. in connection with tandem, finally, at length, now at last: “quibus (quaestionibus) finem aliquando amicorum auctoritas fecit,Cic. Clu. 67, 191: “(dii) placati jam vel satiati aliquando,id. Marcell. 6, 18: “collegi me aliquando,id. Clu. 18, 51: aliquando idque sero usum loquendi populo concessi, finally. i. e. after I have for a long time spoken in another manner, id. Or. 48, 160: “te aliquando collaudare possum, quod jam, etc.,id. Fam. 7, 17; Suet. Aug. 70: “diu exspectaverant, dum retia extraherentur: aliquando extractis piscis nullus infuit,id. Clar. Rhet. 1.—With tandem: “aliquando tandem huc animum ut adducas tuum,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 61: “spes est et hunc aliquan do tandem posse consistere,Cic. Quint. 30, 94 tandem aliquando L. Catilinam ex urbe ejecimus, id. Cat. 2, 1: “ut tandem aliquando timere desinam,id. ib. 1, 7, 18; id. Quint. 30, 94: “servus tandem aliquando mihi a te exspectatissimas litteras reddidit,id. Fam. 16, 9: “tandem aliquando refloruistis,Vulg. Phil. 4, 10.—With jam: “utile esse te aliquando jam rem transigere,now at length Cic. Att. 1, 4.
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