adverb
quoad1
quoad (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkʷo.ad]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷɔː.ad]
Meaning
- not comparableuntil, till; before (a time)
Near-synonym: dum
At Epaminondas, cum animadverteret mortiferum se vulnus accepisse simulque, si ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat, extraxisset, animam statim emissurum, usque eo retinuit, quoad renuntiatum est vicisse Boeotios.
c. 110 BCE – c. 25 BCE, Cornelius Nepos, De viris illustribus XV. Epaminondas 9.3 - not comparableas long as, while
Habeo et ipsius et patris eius accepti tabulas omnis, quas diligentissime legi atque digessi, patris, quoad vixit, tuas, quoad ais te confecisse.
70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.1.60nunc illum, qui pedem porta, quoad hostis cis Euphratem fuit, non extulerit, honore augeri,[…]
50 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 7.2.6 - not comparableas far as, to the extent that, as much as, insofar as, up to which (see usage notes); (in indirect questions) how far, to what extent
Near-synonym: quantum
fana omnia, quoad ea hostis possedisset, restituerentur terminarentur expiarenturque
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 5.50.1 - interrogativenot comparableraretill when, up to which time, for how long
Quid? senem
What? When do you expect your old man?161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 1.2.96–97
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo
- as long as I live.
quŏ-ad (monosyl., Lucr. 2, 849; Hor. S. 2, 3, 91; collat. form quaad, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2; Inscr. Fabr. p. 641, 357; cf. Cardin. Dipl. p. 22, 30, and n. 337, and Cavedon. Marm. Moden. p. 243), adv. orig. quod-ad = ad quod,
I. how long?
II. Transf.
A. As long as:
quousque, inquies? quoad erit integrum, Cic. Att. 15, 23, 1: tamdiu velle debebis, quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit, id. Off. 1, 1, 2: quoad vixit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60.—2. Till, until, until that:
ferrum usque eo retinuit, quoad renuntiatum est vicisse Boeotios, Nep. Epam. 9, 3; 2, 5: hactenus existimo, consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior fieres, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3: quoad ipse cum exercitu propius accessisset, Caes. B. G. 4, 11; Liv. 5, 50; Suet. Caes. 14; Just. 12, 9, 11.—B. How far, as far as:
videte nunc, quoad fecerit iter apertius, quam antea, Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5; cf.: jus civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt, id. Leg. 1, 4, 14; id. Phil. 11, 3, 6: quoad insequi poterat, Liv. 2, 25; 22, 6.— 2. So far as, as much as:
jubeo te salvere voce summā, quoad vires valent, as far as my strength reaches, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30: est modus tamen, quoad pati uxorem oportet, to what extent, id. Men. 5, 2, 19: quoad patiatur consuetudo, as far as custom permits, Varr. L. L. 9, § 1: cognitis, quoad possunt ab homine cognosci, bonorum et malorum finibus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 82: ut, quoad possem et liceret, nunquam discederem, id. Lael. 1, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With gen. ejus in the phrase, quoad ejus facere possum, as far or as well as I can: tu tamen velim ne intermittas, quoad ejus (facere) poteris, scribere ad me, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4 (B. and K. quod); id. Fam. 3, 2, 2 Orell.: ut quoad ejus fieri possit, as much as possible, id. Inv. 2, 6, 20: id eos ut prohiberet, quoad ejus sine bello posset. praetori mandatum est, as far as possible without having recourse to arms, Liv. 39, 45.—Without ejus: quoad facere potui, Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291.—3. With respect to, as to, = quod attinet ad (with the acc. only in the foll. examples where the text is doubtful):
quoad diem, Liv. 42, 6, 6 MSS. (Weissenb. quam ad diem): quoad sexum, multitudinem, casum, Varr. L. L. 8, 23, § 46 Müll. (MSS. quod sexum; perh. ad is omitted; cf. Müll. ad loc.): nec interest, quoad feras bestias et volucres, utrum, etc., Dig. 41, 1, 3 (Momms. quod ad feras).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quo-ad (monosyl., H.), adv.
—In space, as far as: quoad insequi pedes potuit, L.—Of time, to what time? till when? how long? how soon?: senem Quoad exspectatis vestrum? T.: Percontatum ibo, quoad se recipiat, T.—To the time at which, till, until: nihil (avaritia) sancti habere, quoad semet ipsa praecipitavit, S.: quoad perventum est eo: progressi, quoad capitibus exstare possunt, until only, etc., L.: existimo, consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior fieres: quoad ipse cum exercitu propius accessisset, Cs.—For what time, during what period, as long as, while: quoad potuit, restitit, Cs.: habeo tabulas omnis, patris quoad vixit, tuas quoad ais, etc.: quoad vivet: quoad Ardea vixi, L.: dicebam . . . quoad metueres, omnia te promissurum.—Fig., as far as, to the extent that, to the degree that: ius civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populo praestare voluerunt: quoad progredi potuerit amentia: ut, quoad possem et liceret, numquam discederem: quoad eius fieri possit, as far as it is possible.
Origins
From quod + ad (i.e. "ad quod"). See also quam, quandō, usque.