quotumus

Latin

Etymology

From quotus. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “akin to superaltive endings?”)

Adjective

quotumus (feminine quotuma, neuter quotumum); first/second-declension adjective (Plautine)

  1. (interrogative or relative) of what number, how manyth
    • c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 4.2.7:
      in id angiportum me devorti iusserat;
      quotumas aedis dixerit, id ego admodum incerto scio.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 4.7.72–73:
      Quotumo die
      ex Sicyone huc pervenisti? ― Altero ad meridie.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declenions

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative quotumus quotuma quotumum quotumī quotumae quotuma
genitive quotumī quotumae quotumī quotumōrum quotumārum quotumōrum
dative quotumō quotumae quotumō quotumīs
accusative quotumum quotumam quotumum quotumōs quotumās quotuma
ablative quotumō quotumā quotumō quotumīs
vocative quotume quotuma quotumum quotumī quotumae quotuma

Further reading

  • “quŏtŭmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quŏtŭmus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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