qua Latin · revision 17954

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 450 BC, Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *kʷos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʷaː], [ˈkʷa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkʷaː], [ˈkʷaː]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quā''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative singular feminine of the relative and interrogative [[quī]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of ⟨quī⟩, from the pronominal stem [[ine-pro|*kʷos]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary compares [[grc|πῇ|tr=pêi|t=which way, how]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in the Twelve Tables: ''quā volet iūmentō agitō'', “let him drive his beast by whatever way he likes”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an interrogative ''quā'' asks “which way?” and “how?”.^(OLD 2012) As a relative it means “by which way, in which direction”, “where”, “to the extent that” and “in the way that, as”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) As an indefinite, after ''sī'', ''nē'' and the like, it means “by any way, anywhere, in any way”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''Quā … quā'' means “partly … partly”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ In Medieval Latin it also means “for the reason that” and “as, in the capacity of”.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – Twelve Tables: ''quā volet iūmentō agitō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato: ''quā locus fērāx nōn erit'', “where the ground is not fertile”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''quā rescīscerem?'', “how was I to find out?”^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''quā vīsa est Fortūna patī'', “as far as Fortune seemed to allow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(interrogative)'' Which way?; how?^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(relative)'' By which way, in which direction; [[m|en|where]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(relative)'' In so far as; in the way that, as.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(indefinite)'' By any way; anywhere; in any way.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''quā … quā'', partly … partly.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ===Conjunction===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' For the reason that; as, in the capacity of.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quī]]

+ * [[quam]]

+ * [[quāpropter]]

+ * [[quācumque]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}