Meaning of qua | Babel Free

Definitions

1. where (on which side; at or in which place; in what direction; by what way)
   not-comparable
2. as (in the capacity or character of)
   not-comparable
3. how (in what way; by what method; to what degree or extent)
   not-comparable
4. after sī, nisi, num, nē: in any way, anyhow
   indefinite, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“quā... eā...”

where... there...

“ēns quā ēns”

being as being

“hoc rēgnum dea gentibus esse – sī quā fāta sinant – iam tum tenditque fovetque. The goddess already aims and fondly hopes that this [city] – if in any way the fates allow it – [will] be the seat of ruling power over [all] nations.”

[In other words, long before the founding of Rome the goddess Juno wanted Carthage to become the imperial city. See: Juno (mythology); Carthage.]

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