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                    "description": "qui, quae, quod (old forms: nom. quei;\n* Gen. quojus; dat. quoi, and in inscrr. QVOEI, QVOIEI, and QVEI; abl. qui; plur. ques or queis; fem. QVAI; neutr. qua; dat. and abl. queis and quĭs.—Joined with cum: quocum, quācum, quicum, quibuscum; rarely cum quo,Liv. 7, 33: cum quibus,id. 4, 5. — Placed also before other prepositions: quas contra, quem propter, etc.; v. h. praepp.), pron.\n* Interrog., who? which? what? what kind or sort of a? (adjectively; while quis, quid is used substantively; qui, of persons, asks for the character, quis usu. for the name).\n* In direct questions: quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? what sort of a feast? what kind of a festival? Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (a transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: τίς δαί̈ς, τίς δὲ ὅμιλος ὅδ̓ ἔπλετο; cf. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 619): Th. Quis fuit igitur? Py. Iste Chaerea. Th. Qui Chaerea? what Chaerea? Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8: qui color, nitor, vestitus?id. ib. 2, 2, 11: qui cantus dulcior inveniri potest? quod carmen aptius? qui actor in imitandā veritate jucundior?Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34: virgo, quae patria est tua?Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 88: occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?what sort of a person?Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96.\n* Rel., who, which, what, that, referring to a substantive or pronoun as antecedent.\n* As a simple rel.\n* Indef., any one, any; with si, num, ne, v. quis: quaeritur, num quod officium aliud alio majus sit,Cic. Off. 1, 3, 7: si qui graviore vulnere accepto equo deciderat,Caes. B. G. 1, 48: nisi si qui publice ad eam rem constitutus esset,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65: (BACANALIA) SEI QVA SVNT, S. C. de Bacchan.: ne qui forte putet,Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 8.\n* With an accessory signif., causal or final, joined to the subj.\n* The rel. freq. agrees with the foll. word: est locus in carcere, quod Tullianum appellatur,Sall. C. 55, 3: ealoca, quae Numidia appellatur,id. J. 18, 11: exstat ejus peroratio, qui epilogus dicitur,Cic. Brut. 33, 127: justa gloria, qui est fructus virtutis,id. Pis. 24, 57: domicilia conjuncta, quas urbes dicimus,id. Sest. 42, 91.\n* The rel. serves as a connective, instead of is, ea, id, with a conj.: res loquitur ipsa, quae semper valet plurimum,and this,Cic. Mil. 20, 53: ratio docet esse deos, quo concesso, confitendum est, etc.,id. N. D. 2, 30, 75.\n* The rel. sometimes means, by virtue of, according to, such: quae tua natura est,according to your disposition,Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2: qui meus amor in te est,such is my love,id. ib. 7, 2, 1.\n* In neutr. sing.\n* In a question, with ne affixed: sed ubi Artotrogus hic est? Art. Stat propter virum fortem ... Mil. Quemne ego servavi in campis Curculioniis? whom I saved? Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9: quemne ego vidi?whom I saw?Ter. And. 4, 4, 29.\n* As, because, seeing that, since: Actio maluimus iter facere pedibus, qui incommodissime navigassemus,Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1: hospes, qui nihil suspicaretur,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64; ingrata es, ore quae caput nostro Incolume abstuleris,Phaedr. 1, 8, 11.\n* Qui, with the subj., also follows dignus, indignus, aptus, idoneus, etc., answering the question, to or for what? dignus est, qui imperet, i. e. to, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices,id. Off. 3, 19, 77: socios haud indignos judicas, quos in fidem receptos tuearis,Liv. 23, 43: idoneus nemo fuit quem imitarere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41.\n* Also after demonstrr. or clauses expressing or implying a quality or degree which is defined or explained in the rel.-clause: qui potest temperantiam laudare is, qui ponat summum bonum in voluptate?Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117: nullo modo videre potest quicquam esse utile, quod non honestum sit,id. ib. 3, 19, 77: non sumus ii, quibus nihil verum esse videatur,id. N. D. 1, 5, 12: nunc dicis aliquid quod ad rem pertineat,id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52: quis potest esse tam mente captus, qui neget?as that, that, to,id. Cat. 3, 9.\n* To express a purpose, design, in order that, to: sunt autem multi, qui eripiunt aliis, quod aliis largiantur,Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43: Caesar equitatum praemisit, qui viderent,Caes. B. G. 1, 15: domi creant decem praetores, qui exercitui praeessent,Nep. Milt. 1, 4.\n* Quod signifies\n* As much as, as far as, what, = quantum: adjutabo quod potero,Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 7: cura, quod potes, ut valeas,Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6: quae tibi mandavi, velim ut cures, quod sine molestiā tuā facere poteris,id. Att. 1, 5, 7: tu tamen, quod poteris, nos consiliis juvabis,id. ib. 10, 2, 2; 11, 2, 2; 11, 12, 4; id. Fam. 3, 2, 2: nihil cuiquam, quod suum dici vellet,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36: (Epicurus) se unus, quod sciam, sapientem profiteri est ausus,id. Fin. 2, 3, 7: quod tuo commodo fiat,id. Fam 4, 2, 4: quod litteris exstet, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38: quod sciam,Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 14: quod ad me attinet,as far as depends on me, for my part,Cic. Rosc. Am. 42, 122.— With ellips. of attinet: quod ad Caesarem crebri et non belli de eo rumores, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.—With gen.: quod operae,so much trouble,Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19: quod aeris,Liv. 8, 20.\n* Wherein: si quid est, Quod mea opera opus sit vobis,Ter. And. 4, 3, 23.\n* Quo, abl. neutr., with compp. (with or without hoc, eo, or tanto): quo ... eo, by how much, by so much, the ... the: quo difficilius, hoc praeclarius,Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64."
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                    "description": "quī\n* Adv. interrog., rel. and indef. [old abl. of 1. qui].\n* Interrog., in what manner? how? whereby? by what means? why?\n* In direct questions: quī minus eadem histrioni sit lex quae summo viro?Plaut. Am. prol. 76: Quī, amabo?id. Bacch. 1, 1, 19: quī scire possum?id. ib. 2, 2, 13: Quī in mentem venit tibi istuc facinus facere?id. ib. 4, 4, 31: Quī non?id. ib. 5, 2, 44: quī vero dupliciter?id. Mil. 2, 3, 25: quī vero?id. Merc. 2, 3, 60: quī scis?Ter. And. 2, 1, 2: quī istuc facere potuit?id. Eun. 4, 3, 15: quī potui melius?id. Ad. 2, 2, 7: sed nos deum nisi sempiternum intellegere quī possumus?Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25: quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?id. ib. 1, 30, 84: quī potest?id. Ac. 2, 31, 100: quī ego minus in Africam traicerem,Liv. 28, 43, 18.\n* Rel., wherewith, whereby, wherefrom, how (referring to all genders and both numbers).\n* In curses (cf. Gr. πῶς, and Lat. utinam), how, would that, if but: quī illum di deaeque magno mactassint malo, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 14 (Trag. Rel. v. 377 Vahl.): quī te Juppiter dique omnes perduint!Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 31: quī istum di perdant!id. Trin. 4, 2, 78: quī te di omnes perdant!id. ib. 4, 2, 155; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 73.—Ellipt.: quī illi di irati!Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1.\n* In gen.: date ferrum, quī me animā privem, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 30 (Trag. Rel. v. 233 Vahl.): patera, quī Pterela potitare rex est solitus,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104; 1, 3, 37: sucophantia, quī admutiletur miles,id. Mil. 3, 1, 172; id. Capt. 1, 1, 33; 3, 4, 24: mihi dari ... vehicla quī vehar,id. Aul. 3, 5, 28: multa concurrunt simul, Quī conjecturam hanc facio,Ter. And. 3, 2, 32: in tantā paupertate decessit, ut quī efferretur, vix reliquerit,Nep. Arist. 3, 2.\n* Esp., of price, at what price, for how much, = quanti: indica minumo daturus quī sis, quī duci queat,Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 41: quī datur, tanti indica,id. ib. 4, 4, 109: ut quantum possit quīque liceat veneant,id. Men. 3, 3, 25.\n* Transf., that, in order that: Ca. Restim volo mihi emere. Ps. Quam ob rem? Ca. Quī me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87: ut det, quī fiamus liberi,id. Aul. 2, 4, 31: facite, fingite, invenite, efficite, quī detur tibi: Ego id agam, mihi quī ne detur,Ter. And. 2, 1, 34 sq.\n* Indef. (only with particles of emphasis and assurance; cf. Gr. πώς, and v. Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 28; Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 811; Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 550), in some way, somehow, surely (ante-class.); with hercle: hercle quī, ut tu praedicas, Cavendumst me aps te irato,Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 58: hercle quī multo improbiores sunt, quam a primo credidi,id. Most. 3, 2, 139: hercle quī aequom postulabat senex,id. Stich. 4, 1, 53; id. Men. 2, 3, 74.—With edepol: edepol quī te de isto multi cupiunt nunc mentirier,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184: edepol quī quom hanc magis contemplo, magis placet,id. Pers. 4, 4, 15; id. Am. 2, 2, 144.—With at (cf. atquī), and yet, but somehow: Gr. Non audio. Tr. At pol quī audies, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 9; id. Am. 2, 2, 73.— With quippe: horum tibi istic nihil  eveniet, quippe quī ubi quod subripias nihil est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 22: ea nimiast ratio, quippe quī certo scio, etc.,id. Truc. 1, 1, 49: quippe quī Magnarum saepe id remedium aegritudinumst,Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 27.—With ut: an id est sapere, ut quī beneficium a benevolente repudies?Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11: et eum morbum mi esse, ut quī med opus sit insputarier?id. Capt. 3, 4, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 49."
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