adverb

quādantĕnus

or (in tmesi, Hor.

v. infra), adv. quidam-tenus.

To a certain point; limit; so far poetic •

To a certain point or limit, so far (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): est quadam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 32.—

to a certain extent; in some measure; somewhat by extension ••

Transf., to a certain extent, in some measure, somewhat: citreis odor acerrimus, quadantenus et cotoneis, Plin. 15, 28, 33, § 110: rubens, id. 24, 14, 76, § 124: quae fuerit origo gemmarum diximus quadantenus, id. 37, prooem. 1. § 2: ut noctes nostrae quadamtenus his historiae floscuculis aspergerentur, Gell. 17, 21, 1.

Perseus ID: n39827 Key: quadantenus