Monday, August 25, 2025

23.11.25: Level 3; indefinites [6] ali- [iii] examples from the authors

Examples from the authors showing:

[ii] quandō│when > aliquandō: sometime(s); at sometime; now and then

[iii] quot│ how much / many > aliquot: a few; some; several

[iv] quotiē(n)s │ how many times > aliquotiē(n)s: several times

[v] quantus, -a, -um │ how much / many / great

aliquantus, -a, -um: somewhat; considerable (amount)

aliquantum (adverb): to some extent

aliquantō (adverb): somewhat; a little; with the comparative: aliquantō longior │ a little longer

[vi] ubi│ where > alicubi: somewhere

[vii] unde│ from where > alicunde: from somewhere; from any place

revīse nōs* aliquandō │ come and see me again sometime

*a reminder: Cicero’s habit of using ‘we’ and ‘us’ when referring to himself

accēpī aliquot epistulās tuās (Cicero)│ I’ve received several letters of yours

id aliquotiēns in diē cotīdiē facitō (Cato) │ do this daily several times a day

Labōriōsa, adulēscēns, vīta est rūstica. / Urbāna egestās edepol aliquantō magis. (Plautus)│ It’s arduous, young man, the country life. / My goodness! The city poverty [ = living on nothing in a city] is rather more so.

subrūfus aliquantum, crīspus, cincinnātus (Plautus) │ hair a little reddish, waving, and curled

nam alicubi abstrūdam forīs (Plautus) │ for I’ll conceal it somewhere outside

ego in hōc trīduō aut terrā aut marī alicunde ēvolvam id argentum tibi (Plautus) │ Within the next three days, from land or sea or (from) somewhere, I'll raise this money for you.





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