quālis — Lewis & Short
quālis, e, pron. adj.quis; kindr. with Gr. ph-li/kos; 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.—
II Rel., with or without the correlative talis, so constituted, of such a sort, kind, or nature, such as, as:
ut qualem te jam antea populo Romano, praebuisti, talem te et nobis impertias,Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11:
ut res non tales, quales ante habitae sint, habendae videantur,id. Inv. 2, 58, 176; id. Off. 2, 13, 44:
in hoc bello, quale bellum nulla barbaria gessit,the like of which, id. Cat. 3, 10, 25; id. Phil. 2, 7, 17:
equitum acies, qualis quae esse instructissima potest, etc.,Liv. 8, 39:
tale tuum carmen nobis, quale, etc.,Verg. E. 5, 47:
bis sex ... qualia nunc hominum producit corpora tellus,id. A. 12, 899.—
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.—
B Just as, as:
lacri mae fluxere per ora, Qualiter abjectā de nive manat aquā,Ov. Am. 1, 7, 57; Cels. praef. p. 6; Val. Fl. 5, 305; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193.—
C Repeated:
qualiter qualiter,in whatever manner, however, Dig. 4, 4, 7 pr.; 9, 2, 7, § 1; 26, 7, 5, § 10.