quotiens Latin · revision 18098

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kʷóti}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʷɔ.ti.ẽːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkʷɔt.t͡si.ens]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ It is also spelled ''quotiēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|quot|-iēns|t1=how many]], like [[totiēns]] from [[m|la|tot]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|quot]] from [[itc-pro|*kwoti]], from [[ine-pro|*kʷe/o-ti|t=how many]], cognate with [[sa|कति|tr=káti|t=how many]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''quotiēns dīcendum est? ēlūsī mīlitem, inquam, in āleā'', “how many times must I say it? I cheated the soldier at dice, I tell you”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Quotiēns'' asks “how many times? how often?”, and in exclamations means “how often!” (Terence: ''Pamphilus iūrābat quotiēns Bacchidī'', “how often Pamphilus swore to Bacchis!”, Virgil: ''ō quotiēns et quae nōbīs Galatēa locūta est!'', “oh, how often and what things Galatea told us!”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) As a relative it means “as often as, whenever”, often answered by [[totiēns]] (Cato: ''quotiēns ībis, totiēns magis placēbit'', “the more often you go, the more you will like it”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''quotiēns dīcendum est?''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato: ''quotiēns ībis, totiēns magis placēbit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it in exclamation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''ō quotiēns et quae nōbīs Galatēa locūta est!''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # How many times? how [[m|en|often]]?^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # How often! (in exclamations).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # As often as, [[m|en|whenever]] (often with ''totiēns'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[quotiēnscumque]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quot]]

+ * [[totiēns]]

+ * [[en|quotient]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}