quoad

quŏ-ad (monosyl., Lucr. 2, 849; Hor. S. 2, 3, 91; collat. form quaad, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2; Inscr. Fabr. p. 641, 357; cf. Cardin. Dipl. p. 22, 30, and n. 337, and Cavedon. Marm. Moden. p. 243), adv. [orig. quod-ad = ad quod], how long?

I.

Lit., in direct questions (rare):

senem Quoad exspectatis vestrum?

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 98.—

II.

Transf.

A.

As long as:

quousque, inquies? quoad erit integrum,

Cic. Att. 15, 23, 1:

tamdiu velle debebis, quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2: quoad vixit, id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60.—

2.

Till, until, until that:

ferrum usque eo retinuit, quoad renuntiatum est vicisse Boeotios,

Nep. Epam. 9, 3; 2, 5:

hactenus existimo, consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior fieres,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

quoad ipse cum exercitu propius accessisset,

Caes. B. G. 4, 11; Liv. 5, 50; Suet. Caes. 14; Just. 12, 9, 11.—

B.

How far, as far as:

videte nunc, quoad fecerit iter apertius, quam antea,

Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5; cf.:

jus civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 14; id. Phil. 11, 3, 6:

quoad insequi poterat,

Liv. 2, 25; 22, 6.—

2.

So far as, as much as:

jubeo te salvere voce summā, quoad vires valent,

as far as my strength reaches, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30:

est modus tamen, quoad pati uxorem oportet,

to what extent, id. Men. 5, 2, 19:

quoad patiatur consuetudo,

as far as custom permits, Varr. L. L. 9, § 1:

cognitis, quoad possunt ab homine cognosci, bonorum et malorum finibus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 82:

ut, quoad possem et liceret, nunquam discederem,

id. Lael. 1, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With gen. ejus in the phrase, quoad ejus facere possum, as far or as well as I can:

tu tamen velim ne intermittas, quoad ejus (facere) poteris, scribere ad me,

Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4 (B. and K. quod); id. Fam. 3, 2, 2 Orell.:

ut quoad ejus fieri possit,

as much as possible, id. Inv. 2, 6, 20:

id eos ut prohiberet, quoad ejus sine bello posset. praetori mandatum est,

as far as possible without having recourse to arms, Liv. 39, 45.—Without ejus:

quoad facere potui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291.—

3.

With respect to, as to, = quod attinet ad (with the acc. only in the foll. examples where the text is doubtful):

quoad diem,

Liv. 42, 6, 6 MSS. (Weissenb. quam ad diem):

quoad sexum, multitudinem, casum,

Varr. L. L. 8, 23, § 46 Müll. (MSS. quod sexum; perh. ad is omitted; cf.

Müll. ad loc.): nec interest, quoad feras bestias et volucres, utrum, etc.,

Dig. 41, 1, 3 (Momms. quod ad feras).