List of Latin phrases (Q)

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LatinTranslationNotesquamdiu (se) bene gesseritas long as he shall have behaved well (legal Latin)translated "while on good behavior"; see also the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune novels.quantum libet   (q.l.)as much as pleasesMedical shorthand for "as much as you wish"quantum sufficit    (qs)as much as is enoughMedical shorthand for "as much as needed" or "as much as will suffice"Robertson, John G. (1991).  Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements, p. 249.quaque hora    (q.h.)every hourMedical shorthand. Also quaque die (qd), "every day", quaque mane (qm), "every morning", and quaque nocte (qn), "every night"qui bonovariant of the Latin phrase cui bono ("who benefits?")For whose advantage would it be?Gerhart, Eugene C. 1998).  Quote it completely: World reference guide to more than 5,500 memorable quotations from law and literature, pp. 258-259. qui habet aures audiendi audiat  he who has ears to hear shall hear  "Let he that hath ears to hear, let him hear"; Mark 4:9qui tacet consentire videturhe who is silent is taken to agreesilence gives consentquid pro quowhat for whatsomething given in return for something elsequis custodiet ipsos custodes?Who will guard the guards themselves?sometimes translated as "Who watches the watchmen?" quo vadis?Where are you going?translation of John 13:36, is "Lord, where are you going?" or "Lord, whither goest thou?"quod erat demonstrandum   (q.e.d.)what was to be demonstratedsomething was to be proven, and now it has been doneBen-Menahem, Ari. (2009).  Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 1, p. 5603; Fergusson, Rosalind. (2009). Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases, p. 109.quod est    (q.e.)which isas for exampleReferences

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