quot Latin · revision 30709

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kʷe/o-ti}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkʷɔt]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkʷɔt]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quot''' (indeclinable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts often spell it ''quod''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*kʷoti]], [[inh|ine-pro|*kʷe/o-ti|t=how many]], from the interrogative stem [[m|ine-pro|*kʷos]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|कति|tr=káti|t=how many]], [[ae|caiti]] and [[grc|πόσος|tr=pósos|t=how great, how many]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan notes that ⟨*kʷo-⟩ regularly gave ⟨co-⟩, as in [[m|la|cottīdiē|t=every day]] (“how many days”), and that ⟨quot⟩ restored ⟨qu-⟩ after [[m|la|quantus]] and related words.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Asinaria'': ''quot pondō tē esse cēnsēs nūdum?'', “how many pounds do you think you weigh naked?”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an indeclinable plural adjective, used in questions (direct, indirect and exclamatory: “how many!”) and as a relative “as many as”, usually answered by [[tot]] or [[totidem]]: Terence's proverb ''quot hominēs, tot sententiae'', “as many men, so many opinions”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With nouns of time it means “every”, as in ''quot mēnsibus'', “every month” (Cato) and ''quot annīs'', “every year”, which became the adverb [[quotannīs]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Church Latin glosses it “how many”, with [[quotquot]] “however many”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in questions and exclamations.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato: ''quot mēnsibus'', “every month”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''quot hominēs, tot sententiae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # ''(interrogative and exclamatory)'' How many?; how many!^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(relative, often with [[tot]])'' As many as.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(with nouns of time)'' Every, each.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[quotēnī]]

+ * [[quotennis]]

+ * [[quotiēns]]

+ * [[quotquot]]

+ * [[aliquot]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quī]]

+ * [[tot]]

+ * [[quantus]]

+ * [[quis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}