Meaning of qualis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. of what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of
   interrogative
2. of such kind as, one such as, just as, as, like
   relative
3. of a particular kind

Equivalents

Examples

“tālis ... quālis”

just like

“… quālis coniectā cerva sagittā, ….”

… like a deer, wounded by an arrow …. (Introduces a famous simile comparing Dido to a wounded deer; like the deer, she too will perish.)

“Prius aliquid esse dēbet, deinde quāle esse.”

Something first needs to be, and then to be of a particular kind.

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