quamdiu
التعريفات والمعاني
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of quam (“how”) + diū (“long”)
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷan.di.uː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷan.di.u]
=== Adverb ===
quamdiū (not comparable)
how long
Synonym: quousque
Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Epistle CI
Quam bene vivas, non quamdiu.
How well you live, not how long.
as long as, until, during
=== References ===
“quamdiu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"quamdiu", 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)
“quamdiu”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.