The corpus record — Latin

quantocius

quantocius · adv

the sooner the better

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Where it lives

Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

quant-ōcĭus — Lewis & Short

quant-ōcĭus, adv.quanto-ocius,

I the sooner the better, as quickly as possible (post-class.): ut quantocius ad ea perveniat oratio, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 2: discede quantocius, ne, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 4; Licin. ap. Lact. Mort. Pers. 48, 10; Vulg. Gen. 45, 19.

In the wild

quantocius Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2.11.p7
quantocius Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 49.14
quantocius Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 32.2

Where it came from

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