I.how long?
I. Lit., in direct questions (rare): “senem Quoad exspectatis vestrum?” Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 98.—
II. Transf.
A. As long as: “quousque, inquies? quoad erit integrum,” Cic. Att. 15, 23, 1: “tamdiu velle debebis, quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,” id. Off. 1, 1, 2: quoad vixit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60.—
2. Till, until, until that: “ferrum usque eo retinuit, quoad renuntiatum est vicisse Boeotios,” Nep. Epam. 9, 3; 2, 5: “hactenus existimo, consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior fieres,” Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3: “quoad ipse cum exercitu propius accessisset,” Caes. B. G. 4, 11; Liv. 5, 50; Suet. Caes. 14; Just. 12, 9, 11.—
B. How far, as far as: “videte nunc, quoad fecerit iter apertius, quam antea,” Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5; cf.: “jus civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,” id. Leg. 1, 4, 14; id. Phil. 11, 3, 6: “quoad insequi poterat,” Liv. 2, 25; 22, 6.—
2. So far as, as much as: “jubeo te salvere voce summā, quoad vires valent,” as far as my strength reaches, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30: “est modus tamen, quoad pati uxorem oportet,” to what extent, id. Men. 5, 2, 19: “quoad patiatur consuetudo,” as far as custom permits, Varr. L. L. 9, § 1: “cognitis, quoad possunt ab homine cognosci, bonorum et malorum finibus,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 82: “ut, quoad possem et liceret, nunquam discederem,” id. Lael. 1, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With gen. ejus in the phrase, quoad ejus facere possum, as far or as well as I can: “tu tamen velim ne intermittas, quoad ejus (facere) poteris, scribere ad me,” Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4 (B. and K. quod); id. Fam. 3, 2, 2 Orell.: “ut quoad ejus fieri possit,” as much as possible, id. Inv. 2, 6, 20: “id eos ut prohiberet, quoad ejus sine bello posset. praetori mandatum est,” as far as possible without having recourse to arms, Liv. 39, 45.—Without ejus: “quoad facere potui,” Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291.—
3. With respect to, as to, = quod attinet ad (with the acc. only in the foll. examples where the text is doubtful): “quoad diem,” Liv. 42, 6, 6 MSS. (Weissenb. quam ad diem): “quoad sexum, multitudinem, casum,” Varr. L. L. 8, 23, § 46 Müll. (MSS. quod sexum; perh. ad is omitted; cf. “Müll. ad loc.): nec interest, quoad feras bestias et volucres, utrum, etc.,” Dig. 41, 1, 3 (Momms. quod ad feras).