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quā, Adv. (als Abl. v. qui, quae, quod), I) auf der Seite wo, da wo, wohin, ad omnes aditus, qua adiri poterat, Cic.: duae viae, qua ad hibernacula posset perveniri, Nep.: qua intenderat, [2110] Liv.: qua res inclinatura esset, Liv.: qua prospici poterat, so weit die Blicke reichten, Curt. – korresp., ea... qua, Caes.: qua... ea, Liv.: eadem... qua, Nep. u. Liv. – II) übtr.: A) partitiv: qua... qua, teils... teils, sowohl... als auch, qua virum qua uxorem di vos perdant, Plaut.: qua dominus qua advocati, Cic.: quanobilitate gentis qua corporis magnitudine, Liv.: qua corporis qua animi robur, Val. Max.: qua feminae qua viri, Plin. ep. Vgl. Brix Plaut. Men. 666. M. Müller Anh. II zu Liv. 2, 35, 4. Dräger Hist. Synt. Bd. 2. S. 96. 2. Aufl. – B) in wie (so) weit, in wie (so) fern, effuge, qua potes, Ov.: mitigare naturam, qua repugnat, Quint. – C) auf welche Art, wie, illuc qua veniam? Cic.: qua facere possis, Verg.: dah. ne qua, damit nicht etwa, Ter. u. Cic.: wiederholt, qua res, qua ratio suaderet, quaque etc., Hor. sat. 1, 2, 50 sq.: si qua, wenn etwa, Liv. 6, 3, 7. Verg. Aen. 1, 18.
Adverb declined from quī. Diachronically, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₂; compare Ancient Greek πῇ (pêi), πῆ (pê, “which way, how”) and Latin quam.
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷa/, [kʷä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa/, [kwäː]
quā (not comparable)
- On which side, at or in which place, in what direction, where, by what way (qua...ea...)
- as; in the capacity or character of
- In so far as
- ens qua ens ― being as being
- In what way, how, by what method; to what degree or extent
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Inflection of quī (“who, which”).
- quā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷaː/, [kʷäː]
- qua: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷa/, [kʷä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa/, [kwäː]
quā
qua
- inflection of quī:
- qua is commonly used for quae in the above forms of the indefinite variant of the pronoun quī.
Inflection of quis (“anyone, something, anyone, anything”).
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