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preposition In the capacity or character of; as.
from The Century Dictionary.
An old Scotch form of who.
As being; so far as.
noun A jail; quod.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
conjunction In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.
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adverb In the capacity of.
preposition in the capacity of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin quā, feminine ablative sing. of quī, who; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]
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From Latin qua ("in the capacity of").
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Examples
The croak of the great blue heron sounded again; then far away, mysterious and spirit-like, floated a soft _qua, qua, qua_ -- the cry of the least bittern out of the heart of the swamp.
There was a similarly large celebration when Louis was born: "civitas Parisii in qua natus est, tanto gaudio fuit repleta, quod per septem dies … populus totius civitatis, laudes debitas solventes creatori suo, ducendo choreas canere non cessavit" (Delaborde, 1: 81 — 82).
Severum persecutionem concitasse refert, in qua per omnes ubique locorum Ecclesias, ab athletis pro pietate certantibus, illustria confecta fuerunt martyria.
Christianam religionem absolutam et simplicem, anili superstitione confundens; in qua scrutanda perplexius, quam componenda gravius excitaret discidia plurima; quae progressa fusius aluit concertatione verborum, ut catervis antistium jumentis publicis ultro citroque discarrentibus, per synodos (quas appellant) dum ritum omnem ad suum sahere conantur
It seems to me that ideologues aren't usually committed to an idea purely because of the idea qua the idea, but because they believe that the idea has superior normative value.
In the opera "The Barber of Seville", everyone's favorite (mine, anyway) aria is "Figaro", wherein we hear, Eh, Figaro, son qua!" Followed by Figaro si, Figaro la, etc. Robin Williams sings it at the beginning of "Mrs. Doubtfire", while dubbing the voices of Tweety and Sylvester.
oroboros commented on the word qua
"in the capacity of"
April 25, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word qua
Not quite a Greek Remark, as is my list title, but its use in Arisotle warrants its inclusion.
August 15, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word qua
Only used in Aristotle in Latin translations of Aristotle, however. The corresponding Greek word, if it was used, would begin with /p/.
August 15, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word qua
Actually, it looks like Aristotle didn't use anything; I just looked at a manuscript translated "man qua man" and it was just "anthropos anthropou"...
August 15, 2008
nextcase commented on the word qua
In the opera "The Barber of Seville", everyone's favorite (mine, anyway) aria is "Figaro", wherein we hear, Eh, Figaro, son qua!" Followed by Figaro si, Figaro la, etc. Robin Williams sings it at the beginning of "Mrs. Doubtfire", while dubbing the voices of Tweety and Sylvester.
June 24, 2009