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quālis , e, pron. adj. quis; kindr. with Gr. πη-λίκος; Goth. huc-leik; Germ. welcher,
I.how constituted, of what sort, kind, or nature, what kind of a (class.).
I. Interrog.: qualine amico mea commendavi bona? Call. Probo, et fideli, et fido, Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 3: “qualis oratoris et quanti hominis in dicendo putas esse historiam scribere?Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51: “quali fide, quali pietate existimatis eos esse, qui, etc.,Cic. Font. 10, 21: “qualis est istorum oratio?what kind of a speech is that? id. Ac. 2, 14, 44 — “In exclamations: hei mihi, qualis erat!Verg. A. 2, 274; Enn. ap. Serv. ad loc. (Ann. v. 7 Vahl.): O Romule, Romule, dic, qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt! Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 116 Vahl.).— “In indirect questions: nam cogitato, qualem haberes gratiam (si, etc.),Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 54: “ego te qualis sis scio,id. Aul. 2, 2, 40; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 20: “ipsius rei natura qualis et quanta sit quaerimus,Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: “qualis esset natura montis, cognoscere,Caes. B. G. 1, 21: “doce me quales sint corpore,what sort of a body they have, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65.—
B. Esp., in quotations and citations, as, as for instance, as for example: “aperta et clara (somnia), quale est de illo, etc.,Cic. Div. 2, 66, 135: “cum proposito dissimili vel contrario ratio subjungitur: quale est Demosthenis: non enim, etc.,Quint. 5, 14, 4; so id. 1, 5, 65 Zumpt N. cr.; 3, 6, 41; 3, 11, 6 et saep. al.—
2. Poet. for the adv. qualiter, as, just as: “qualis populea moerens philomela sub umbra Amissos queritur fetus,Verg. G. 4, 511; id. A. 3, 679; 4, 143: “quale caelum Subrubet,Ov. Am. 2, 5, 35; id. M. 3, 682.—
3. Repeated: qualis qualis (post-class. for qualiscumque), of what quality soever, whatsoever: “quali quali obligatione interpositā,Dig. 20, 5, 12.—
III. Indef.: quale, having some quality or other: “et ita effici quae appellant qualia,Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 28: “prius aliquid esse debet, deinde quale esse,Sen. Ep. 117, 28.— Adv.: quā-lĭter .
A. In what way or manner, how: “refert, villa qualiter aedificetur,Col. 1, 4, 6; Mart. 5, 7, 1.— Qualiter qualiter, in what manner soever, for qualitercumque (postclass.), Dig. 4, 4, 7.—
C. Repeated: “qualiter qualiter,in whatever manner, however, Dig. 4, 4, 7 pr.; 9, 2, 7, § 1; 26, 7, 5, § 10.
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