tŏt
* Num. adj. indecl., so many.
* Lit.
* With a corresp. quot, quotiens, quantum, ut.
* Transf.
* Absol.
* With quantum: quantum putabis ei rei satis esse, tot vites ablaqueato,Cato, R. R. 114, 1.
* With ut: quae cum viderem tot vestigiis impressa, ut in his errari non posset,Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5.
* In connection with adjj. or advv. of kindred meaning, so many, so great a number: reliquae tot et tantae et tam graves civitates,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 14; so, tot tantaeque difficultates,id. Quint. 2, 10; and: in his tot et tantis malis,id. Tusc. 5, 10, 29; cf. id. Par. 2, 16: tot viri ac tales,id. Cael. 28, 67: tot ac tam validae manus,Liv. 24, 26, 13: tot, tam valida oppida,id. 5, 54, 5: ad haec tot tam inopinata incerti stupentesque,id. 25, 37, 13; repeated: ille cultus tot nobilium virorum, tot illustrium feminarum,Curt. 3, 13, 10.
* Alone, the correl.-clause being implied from the context, so many, such a great number, so very many: en excetra tu, quae tibi amicos tot habes,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 87: nunc domi nostrae tot pessumi vivunt,id. Most. 4, 1, 18: tot me impediunt curae,Ter. And. 1, 5, 25: cum tot signis eadem natura declaret, quid velit,Cic. Lael. 24, 88; id. Rep. 3, 10, 17: ex centum quattuor centuriis, tot enim reliquae sunt (centuriae), etc.,id. ib. 2, 22, 39: tot civitatum conjuratio,Caes. B. G. 3, 10: unde tot hostes subito exorti,Liv. 25, 37, 12: tot caede procorum Admonitus non est,Ov. M. 10, 624: cum tot curis regem videret urgeri,Curt. 3, 7, 13.—Rarely without a subst.: an timebant, ne tot unum ... superare non possent?Cic. Cael. 28, 66: ex tot in Atridā pars quota laudis erat?Ov. Am. 2, 12, 10.— With omnes: tot omnibus saeculis,Min. Fel. 5.
* To designate an optional, indefinite number, so many, such and such a number: volo dari ei, qui id egerit, a ceteris heredibus aureos tot,Dig. 34, 5, 8.
* As a relative numeral, also, for so few: vix credent tantum rerum cepisse tot annos,Albin. 1, 339.