quŏ-ad — Lewis & Short
quŏ-ad (monosyl., quaad, adv.orig. quod-ad = ad quod,
Lucr. 2, 849; Hor. S. 2, 3, 91; collat. form Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2; Inscr. Fabr. p. 641, 357; cf. Cardin. Dipl. p. 22, 30, and n. 337, and Cavedon. Marm. Moden. p. 243),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).