adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
quotus
quotus (feminine quota, neuter quotum)
Classical[ˈkʷɔ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷɔː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivewhich? (in numerical sequence); what number?
Quotus imperator Nero fuit? Quintus.
Which emperor was Nero? The fifth.Quota hora est? Tertia.
Which hour is it? The third. - adjectivehow many?, how few? (often followed by quisque)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quotus | quota | quotum |
| genitive | quotī | quotae | quotī |
| dative | quotō | quotae | quotō |
| accusative | quotum | quotam | quotum |
| ablative | quotō | quotā | quotō |
| vocative | quote | quota | quotum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quotī | quotae | quota |
| genitive | quotōrum | quotārum | quotōrum |
| dative | quotīs | quotīs | quotīs |
| accusative | quotōs | quotās | quota |
| ablative | quotīs | quotīs | quotīs |
| vocative | quotī | quotae | quota |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- quota hora est?
- what time is it?
quŏtus, a, um, adj. quot,
I. which or what in number, order, etc.; of what number, how many (class.):
quotus erit iste denarius, qui non sit ferendus? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 220: scire velim, chartis pretium quotus arroget annus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35: quota pars illi rerum periere mearum, Ov. M. 7, 522: hora quota est? what o'clock is it? (prop. what is the number of the hour?), Hor. S. 2, 6, 44: scis, quota de Libyco litore puppis eat, how many ships, Mart. 9, 36, 8: tu, quotus esse velis, rescribe, of what number you wish to be, i. e. how many guests you would like to have invited with you, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 30: pars quota laudis, how great, i. e. how very small, Ov. Am. 2, 12, 9: quota pars terraï, Lucr. 6, 652; Ov. M. 9, 69; Curt. 5, 5, 14.—In connection with quisque (also in one word, quŏtusquisque) to designate a small number, how few; it may also be rendered into English by how many (in Cic. only in nom. and in principal clause): quotus enim quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ut ratio postulat? how many? i. e. how few! Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: quotus enim quisque disertus? quotus quisque juris peritus est? id. Planc. 25, 62: quoto cuique lorica est? Curt. 9, 3, 11; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: forma quota quaeque superbit? Ov. A. A. 3, 103: quotum quemque inveneris, qui, etc., Tac. Or. 29: nam quoto cuique eadem honestatis cura secreto, quae palam? Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: repete memoriā tecum quotus quisque dies ut destinaveras recesserit, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: quoto quoque loco libebit, in whatsoever place one may wish, Auct. Her. 3, 17, 30.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quotus adj.
quot, which in number, which in order, of what number : quotus erit iste denarius, qui non sit ferendus?: quota pars illi rerum periere mearum, O.: hora quota est? what o'clock is it? H.: Tu, quotus esse velis, rescribe, i. e. one of how many guests , H.— How small, how trifling : Et sequitur regni pars quota quemque sui? O.: Pars quota Lernaeae serpens eris unus Echidnae? O.—With quisque (often written quotusquisque), how rarely one, how few (only sing.): quotus enim quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus: quoto cuique lorica est? Cu.: formā quota quaeque superbit? O.
Origins
From quot.
In English words that came into English from quotus
- quotequotāre
- quotumquotus
- quotietyquotus