What does quotiēns mean in Latin?

quotiēns, a adverb, means “how often?, how many times; as often, as often as, as many times as, whenever”.

How do you pronounce quotiēns?

In classical Latin, [ˈkʷɔ.ti.ẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷɔt.t͡si.ens].

adverb

quotiēns (not comparable)

Classical[ˈkʷɔ.ti.ẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷɔt.t͡si.ens]

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not comparablehow often?, how many times
Ac iam illa omittō — neque enim sunt aut obscūra aut nōn multa commissa posteā: quotiēns tū mē dēsignātum, quotiēns cōnsulem interficere cōnātus es!And now I omit those [other crimes] — and not because they are either hidden, or not as many were committed afterward: how many times [you tried to kill] me as consul-elect, how often you tried to kill me as consul!63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.15
not comparableas often, as often as, as many times as, whenever
“Mē patris Anchīsae, quotiēns ūmentibus umbrīs nox operit terrās, quotiēns astra ignea surgunt,“[I think] of my father Anchises, whenever dank shades of night shroud the lands, as often as fiery stars arise, he admonishes me in my dreams, and his troubled phantom frightens me.”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.351–353

quot temporibus

quotiēns — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20

quot temporibus

how often; whenever

quotiēns — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 5

quam saepe

quotiēns — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 16, 21

quŏtĭens or quŏtĭes, adv. quot,

I. how often, how many times, as often as (class.): o quotiens et quae nobis Galatea locuta est! Verg. E. 3, 72: quotiens et quot nominibus a Syracusanis statuas auferes? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. de Or. 2, 30, 130: illud soleo mirari, non me totiens accipere tuas litteras, quotiens a Quinto mihi fratre afferuntur, id. Fam. 7, 7, 1; Verg. A. 12, 483; Hor. C. 1, 5, 5; 4, 9, 40; Tac. A. 14, 20.

Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin -iēns Latin quotiēns From quot + -iēns.

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