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quŏ-usquē (also separated, quo enim usque, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 3:
I.“quo te spectabimus usque,” Mart. 2, 64, 9), adv.
I. Of time, until what time, till when, how long (class.): De. Quousque? Li. Usque ad mortem volo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 28: “quousque humi defixa tua mens erit?” Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: “quousque? inquies. Quoad erit integrum,” id. Att. 15, 23: “quousque ita dicis?” id. Planc. 31, 75: “quousque tandem abutere patientiā nostrā?” id. Cat. 1, 1, 1.—
II. Of place, how far.
A. Lit.: “quousque penetratura sit avaritia,” Plin. N. H. 33, prooem. § 3:“ cum decessero de viā, quousque degredi debeo?” Gell. 1, 3, 15.—
B. Trop., how far, to what extent (post-class.): “quousque ei permissum videatur peculium administrare,” Dig. 20, 3, 1.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.23
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 1.1.1
    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.1.3
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 31.75
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 1.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33
    • Cicero, De Republica, 6.17
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.3.15
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