Latin conjunction, adverb and pronoun
quam
quam is a Latin conjunction, adverb and pronoun. In the 4 analysed lines it was read in, it means “as” (once), “how” (once), “than” (once) and “which” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from quam to the words it goes with.
Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?
How long will this madness of yours still mock us?
Quam: tells how or when about diu.
Dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
While we speak, envious time will have fled: seize the day, trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.
quam: tells how or when about minimum.
Vesuvium fuisse postea cognitum est —oriebatur, cuius similitudinem et formam non alia magis arbor quam pinus expresserit.
Vesuvius, it was afterwards learned, was erupting, whose likeness and form no other tree expressed more than a pine tree.
quam: introduces the clause of pinus.
Id cum libenter accepissem atque ab eo petere coepissem ne dubitaret ducere, tum ille ‘Faciam,’ inquit, ‘si mihi fidem quam postulo dederis.’
When I had gladly accepted that and had begun to beg it from him that he should not hesitate to lead, then he said, “I will do it, if you give me the trust that I ask for.”
quam: points out fidem.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| quam | Conjunction | 2 |
| quam | Pronoun | 1 |
| quam | Adverb | 1 |