What does the latin word qua mean?

Answer 1

Quam can be many things:

Quam = how, used at the beginning of an interrogative

Example: Quam hoc fecisti? How did you do this?

Quam = who, accusative case for feminine nouns, relative/interrogative pronoun

Example: Puella, quam amat, donum eis dat. The girl, whom he loved, gave him a gift.

Example: Quam puellam amavisti? Which girl did you love?

Quam = comparative conjunction

Example: Marcus celerior quam Aurelius. Marcus is faster than Aurelius

Quam = as ___ as possible (with a superlative adverb)

Example: Carthago (Karthago) quam celerrime delenda est. Carthage must be destroyed as quickly as possible. All of these are possible, the most common ones are probably the first two uses.

Answer 2

It all depends on context:

1. +adj = how ____
2. in conjunction with a comparative, = than
3. can be a relative prounoun, feminine singular accusative
4. can be an interrogative pronoun, feminine singular accusative
5. can be an interrrogative adjective, feminine singular accusative
6. +superlative = as ________ as possible


I think there's one other but I can't remember offhand

Answer 3

It is a word used in questions to indicate "What kind of...?"

Answer 4

The Latin adverb qua means:

• in which direction
• where
• by what means
• how
• in so far as

Answer 5

After; afterwards.

Answer 6

Also.