LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

quousque

quousque (not comparable)
Classical[kʷoˈʊs.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[kʷoˈus.kʷe]

Meaning

  1. not comparableuntil when?
  2. not comparablehow long?
  3. not comparablehow far?

quŏ-usquē (also separated, quo enim usque, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 3:
I. quo te spectabimus usque, Mart. 2, 64, 9), adv.
I. Of time, until what time, till when, how long (class.): De. Quousque? Li. Usque ad mortem volo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 28: quousque humi defixa tua mens erit? Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: quousque? inquies. Quoad erit integrum, id. Att. 15, 23: quousque ita dicis? id. Planc. 31, 75: quousque tandem abutere patientiā nostrā? id. Cat. 1, 1, 1.—
II. Of place, how far.
A. Lit.: quousque penetratura sit avaritia, Plin. N. H. 33, prooem. § 3: cum decessero de viā, quousque degredi debeo? Gell. 1, 3, 15.—
B. Trop., how far, to what extent (post-class.): quousque ei permissum videatur peculium administrare, Dig. 20, 3, 1.

Origins

From quō (“where”) + usque (“until”).

Quick answers

What does quousque mean in Latin?
quousque, a adverb, means “until when?; how long?; how far?”.
How do you pronounce quousque?
In classical Latin, [kʷoˈʊs.kʷɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷoˈus.kʷe].