quoad

quoad

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin quoad.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkwoʊ.æd/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Preposition

    quoad

    1. (archaic) With respect to.
      • 1884, Horace Smith, A treatise on the law of negligence:
        It seems to have been rather on this ground that quoad Hughes, who was a volunteer, the defendant had not been guilty of any negligence at all []

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    Latin

    Etymology

    From quod + ad (i.e. "ad quod"). See also quam, quandō, usque.

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    quoad (not comparable)

    1. as far as
      Synonym: quousque
    2. as long as
    3. until
    4. while
    5. (rare, as a question) how long, when

    Preposition

    quoad (+ accusative)

    1. with respect to

    References

    • quoad”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • quoad”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "quoad", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • quoad”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • as long as I live: dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo
    • Bruno Meinecke, Ph.D. (1960) Third Year Latin. (Allyn and Bacon, Inc.)