Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quantum adv. quantus, as much as, so much as, to as great an extent : erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit, as far as I hear , T.: quantum suspicor, as far as I can conjecture , T.: quantum in me fuit, ieci, to my best ability : non igitur adhuc, quantum quidem in te est, intellego deos esse, i. e. for all you have said to prove it : castris, nisi quantum usūs cogerent, tenebatur miles, L.: Quantum ad Pirithoum, as far as concerned , O.: ut, quantum homo possit, quam cautissime navigem: quantum maximā voce potuit, at the very top of his voice , L.: quantum maxime adcelerare poterat, as fast as ever , L.: tu quantum potest Abi, as quickly as possible , T.: ea, quantum potui, feci, as well as I could : ut hunc, quantum possent, sublevarent, to their utmost ability.—How much, how far, to how great an extent : quantum intersit, videte: quantum possent, ostendere.—With compp., the more, the greater : quantum se magis insinuabant, eo acrius, etc., L.: quantum augebatur militum numerus, tanto maiore pecuniā opus erat, L. —With ellips . of tanto : quantum incresceret aetas, voltūs minus vigentes erant, L.