I.fin.), as much as possible, extremely, exceedingly: “illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16: “perquam indignis modis,” id. Rud. 3, 3, 9: “perquam breviter,” Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201: “perquam modica,” Plin. Pan. 60: “perquam velim scire,” id. Ep. 7, 27, 1: “parentes perquam infelicissimi,” Inscr. Murat. 953, 2: “sagax,” Amm. 14, 5, 6. —In tmesi: “per pol quam paucos reperias,” Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 1.
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per-quam , adv. (also, less correctly, written separately, per quam , v. per
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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