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quorsum

quorsum · adv

to what place

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Where it lives

Cum Populo Gratias Egit 2 · 7.57/10k
Dion 1 · 6.74/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
Satyrarum libri 5 · 3.52/10k
Andria 3 · 3.05/10k
Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
De Senectute 2 · 2.42/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 3 · 2.37/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
De Fato 1 · 2.02/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

quorsum — Lewis & Short

quorsum and quorsus, adv.quovorsus or -um,

I to what place, whitherward, whither,

I Lit.: nescio hercle, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 14: quaerit quorsus potissimum in praedam superne sese ruat, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—

II Trop., whither: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor? Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 81: sane curae est, quorsum eventurum hoc siet, where this may go to, how it may turn out, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 118; so, eri semper lenitas Verebar quorsum evaderet, id. And. 1, 2, 5: sed quorsus haec pertinent? Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 63: non dices hodie, quorsum haec tam putida tendant, whither this tends, Hor. S. 2, 7, 21: quorsum pertinuit, id. ib. 2, 3, 11: quorsum abeant, id. ib. 2, 3, 246: quorsum igitur haec spectat tam longa, tam alte repetita oratio? at what does it aim? Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 91.—

B In partic., to what purpose? to what end? with what view? for what? quorsum igitur haec disputo? quorsum? ut intellegere possitis, Cic. Red. ad Quir. 2, 5: quorsum tandem, aut cur ista quaeris? id. Leg. 1, 1, 4: quorsus, inquam, istuc? id. Brut. 85, 292: quor sum est opus? for what is it needed? Hor. S. 2, 7, 116.—

2 * From what cause? why? quorsum insanus? Hor. S. 2, 3, 201; Acron. ad loc. (but K. and H. read cursum; cf. Orell. ad loc.).

In the wild

quorsum Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.2.57
Quorsum Tertullian, De Anima 44
quorsum Cicero, De Senectute 44
quorsum Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.39
Quorsum Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.6.p2
quorsum Cicero, Letters to Atticus 7.17.4

6 of 56 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. quorsum (scan p. 585; entry #9608).

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