quālis e, pronom adj.
2 CA-.—
I.I. Interrog,
how constituted, of what sort, of what nature, what kind of a
: qualis oratoris putas esse historiam scribere?:
qualis est istorum oratio?
what kind of a speech is that?
—In indirect questions: metuo qualem tu me esse hominem existumas:
qualis esset natura montis, cognoscere, Cs.: doce me
quales sint corpore,
what sort of a body they have
. —In exclamations: Hei mihi, qualis erat!
what a man!
V.: dic, qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt! Enn.
ap. C.—
II.II.
Relat., so constituted, of such a kind, such as, as
(often
correl
. with
talis
): ut qualem te iam antea populo R. praebuisti, talem te et nobis
impertias: in hoc bello, quale bellum nulla barbaria gessit,
the like of which
: equitum acies qualis quae instructissima potest,
L.: bis sex . . . Qualia nunc hominum producit corpora
tellus, V.: Cui mater sese tulit obvia,
qualis equos fatigat Harpalyce,
like Harpalyce, when she wearies
, etc., V.—In quotations and citations,
as, as for instance, as for example
: aperta et clara (somnia), quale est de illo, etc.—
Adverb., as, just as
: Qualis maerens philomela queritur
fetūs, V.: falcata cauda est, Qualia
sinuantur cornua lunae, O.— Indef., as
subst
n., things endowed with qualities
: et illa effici quae appellant qualia.