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quantitas

quantitas · f

greatness

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Where it lives

Quomodo Trinitas Unus Deus Ac Non Tres Dii (De Trinitate) 3 · 10.33/10k
Apologia 2 · 0.93/10k
De Architectura 5 · 0.87/10k
De consolatione philosophiae 2 · 0.81/10k
Institutio Oratoria 14 · 0.81/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

quantĭtas — Lewis & Short

quantĭtas, ātis, f.quantus.

I In gen., greatness, extent, quantity (perh. only post-Aug.): quantitas est modulorum ex ipsius operis sumptione, singulisque membrorum partibus, universi operis conveniens effectus, Vitr. 1, 2: umoris, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 219: modi seu numeri, Quint. 7, 4, 3: vocis, strength, id. 11, 3, 14: quantitas et qualitas, id. 7, 2, 6: pretii, App. Mag. p. 239, 11.—

II In partic.

A A sum, amount (post-class.): si non corpus sit legatum, sed quantitas, Dig. 30, 1, 34, § 3; 12, 1, 6.—

2 A sum of money, Dig. 16, 2, 11; 49, 14, 47; 45, 1, 65.—

B In logic: quantitas propositionis, the quantity or extent of a proposition, which is either universal or particular, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 29 fin.; Mart. Cap. 4, §§ 342, 371 sqq.

In the wild

quantitatem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.6.51
quantitatem Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.40
quantitate Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.2.2.p1
quantitas Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.6.42
quantitatem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.6.53
quantitatis Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.4.46

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