adverb
quātenus
quātenus (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷaː.tɛ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷaː.te.nus]
Meaning
- not comparablehow far, how long
- not comparableto what extent
Eadem est asini et cuiusvis imperatoris post modicum tempus gloria, nisi quatenus memoria alterutrius scriptorum beneficio prorogatur.
The reputation of the fool and the emperor is the same after a moderate period of time except in the extent that the memory of either is prolonged by the beneficence of writers.1159, John of Salisbury, Policraticus, Prologus:
quā-tĕnus (quātĭnus, quātĕnos; cf. Fest. p. 258 fin. Müll.), adv.
I. Lit. (only in indirect questions; cf. quī), until where, how far:
in omnibus rebus videndum est, quatenus, Cic. Or. 22, 73: quatenus progredi debeat, id. Lael. 11, 36.— II. Transf.
A. How far, to what extent:
quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237: quatenus quaque fini dari venia amicitiae debeat, Gell. 1, 3, 16.—Ellipt.: nulla cognitio finium, ut ullā in re statuere possimus, quatenus, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92; id. Or. 12, 72: est enim quatenus amicitiae dari venia possit. id. Lael. 17, 61.—B. Where:
petentibus Saguntinis, ut quatenus tuto possent, Italiam spectatum irent, Liv. 28, 39: quatenus videtur inhabitari, Col. 9, 8, 11.—C. Of time, how long:
quibus auspiciis istos fasces acciperem? quatenus haberem? cui traderem? Cic. Phil. 14, 5, 14.—D. Causal, seeing that, since, as (cf.: quoniam, quando): clarus postgenitis;
quatenus, heu nefas! Virtutem incolumem odimus, Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 21: nobis denegatur diu vivere, relinquamus aliquid, quo nos vixisse testemur, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 14: quatenus innocentiae meae nusquam locus est, Tac. A. 3, 16 Nipperd. ad loc. — E. How (eccl. Lat.), Lact. 4, 27 init.; 4, 30, 3.—
F. So that, in order that, that (post-class.), Dig. 4, 2, 14; Cassiod. H. Tr. 5, 17.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quā-tenus adv.
—Interrog., to what point, how far: in omnibus rebus videndum est, quatenus: quatenus progredi debeat.—As far as, to the distance that: quatenus tuto possent, spectatum ire, L.—Of time, till when, how long: quatenus (fascīs) haberem?—Fig., how far, to what extent: quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, videndum est: nulla cognitio finium, ut ullā in re statuere possimus, quatenus.—To which extent: est enim quatenus amicitiae dari venia possit, i. e. there is a certain extent to which, etc.—In so far as, inasmuch as: Clarus postgenitis: quatenus Virtutem incolumem odimus, H.: Quatenus non est in coniuge felix, O.
Origins
From quā + tenus.
In English words that came into English from quātenus
- quatenusquātenus