15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

Q
qua [L], insofar as; in the capacity of.
quae amissa salva [L], things lost are safe.
quae fuerunt vitia mores sunt [L], what once were vices are now customs
(or common manners).
quae nocent docent [L], things that injure instruct.
quaere [L], v. inquire; question; n. a question; query: abbr. qu.
quaeritur [L], it is sought; the question arises.
quaestio vexata [L; pi. quaestiones vexatae], vexed question, one debated
at length.
quae sursum volo videre [L], I desire to see the things that are above.
quae vide [L], which (things) see: abbr. qq.v.
Quai d'Orsay [Fr], French Foreign Office: from the street in which it
is located.
qualche volta è virtu tacere il vero [It], it is sometimes a virtue to
conceal the truth.
qualis ab incepto [L], such as from the beginning: Horace (adapted).
qualis artifex pereo [L], what an artist dies in me: Nero (shortly before
his death).
qualis rex, talis grex [L], like king, like people.
qualis vita, finis ita [L], as is the life, so is the end.
quamdiu se bene gesserit [L], so long as he conducts himself well;
during good behavior.
quam parva sapientia mundus regitur! [L], with how little wisdom the
world is governed!
quamprimum [L], as soon as possible; forthwith.
quam proxime [L], as nearly as possible.
quam te Deus esse iussit [L], what God commanded you to be.
quand même [Fr], even though; notwithstanding; all the same.
quando la nave è perda, tutti son piloti [It], when the ship is lost, all
become pilots.
quandoque bonus dormitat Horneras [L], sometimes even good Homer
nods: Horace.
quanti est sapere! [L], what a grand thing it is to be wise!: Terence.
quantum [L; pi. quanta], n. a concrete quantity; specified amount.
quantum [L], adv. as much as; how much, —-quantum übet, as much
as you please: abbr. (in prescriptions) q.l. or q.lib. —quantum meruit,
as much as he (or she) deserved, —quantum mutatus ab ilio!, how
changed from what he once was!: Virgil (adapted). —quantum placet,
as much as you please: abbr. (in prescnptions) q.pl. or q.p. —quantum
sufficit, as much as suffices; a sufficient quantity: abbr. (in prescnptions)
q.s. or quant, suff. —quantum valeat, as much as it may be worth.
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