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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la quantus}}

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative of [[m|la|quantum|t=how much]], the neuter of [[m|la|quantus|t=how great]], used as an adverb: “by how much”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Naevius, who exclaims ''quantō lībertātem hanc hīc superat servitūs!'', “how far slavery here surpasses this freedom!”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Quantō'' asks “by how much?” with a comparative or a word implying comparison, and exclaims “how much (more)!”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) As a relative it is “by how much (the more)”, as in Plautus' ''quantō ego plūs properō, prōcēdit minus'', “the more I hurry, the less I get on”, usually answered by ''tantō'': ''quantō … longior, tantō brevior'', “the longer …, the shorter”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Without a comparison it is “in what degree”.^(OLD 2012) ''Quantō minus quam'' is “how nearly”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “by how much, the more”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius: ''quantō lībertātem hanc hīc superat servitūs!''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''quantō ego plūs properō, prōcēdit minus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By how much? (in questions and exclamations).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # By as much as, the more (relative; often with ''[[tantō]]'').^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # In what degree.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''quantō minus quam'': how nearly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quantum]]

+ * [[tantō]]

+ * [[quantus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}