totiens

Latin

Alternative forms

• totiēs

Etymology

From tot +‎ -iēns.

Adverb

totiēns (not comparable)

1. so often, so many times
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.11:

     Magna dīs inmortālibus habenda est atque huic ipsī Iovī Statōrī, antīquissimō cūstōdī huius urbis, grātia, quod hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque īnfēstam reī pūblicae pestem totiēns iam effūgimus.

     Great thanks must be given to the immortal gods, and to this very [one] — Jupiter Stator, the most ancient guardian of this city — because we have, so many times now, escaped this plague: so foul, so horrible, and so hostile to the Republic.
     (The Roman Senate had convened in the Temple of Jupiter Stator and, at this moment in the speech, Cicero may have pointed to a statue of the god.)

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.581–582:

     “‘Occiderit ferrō Priamus? Troiā ārserit ignī?
     Dardanium totiēns sūdārit sanguine lītus?’”

     “‘[After] Priam has fallen by the sword? With Troy consumed by fire? The Dardan shore having sweated blood so many times?’”
     (An expression of surprise or indignation posed as questions using three future perfect verbs: occiderit, ārserit, sūdārit. Here, “totiēns” refers to the bloodshed throughout the Trojan War.)

2. (comparatively, with quotiēns) as often, as many times (as)

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			realis		interrogative	indefinite					irrealis	alternative
	proximal	medial	distal	anaphoric	identity	relative		irrelative	free choice	universal	negative polarity	negative	relative
basic	hic	iste istic	ille illic	is	ipse īdem	quis quī	quisquis quīcumque	quīdam aliquis, quis aliquī, quī quispiam	quīvis quīlibet	quisque	quisquam hīlum ūllus	nēmō̆ nihil nūllus	alius
comparative	huiusmodī huiuscemodī	istī̆usmodī	illī̆usmodī	eiusmodī	eiusdemmodī	cuiusmodī	cuiusmodīcumque	alicuiusmodī cuiusdammodī	cuiusvīsmodī	cuiusquemodī	cuiusquammodī	°nūllī̆usmodī	alterī̆usmodī alīusmodī
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubī̆cumque °ubiubī̆	alicubī̆ uspiam	ubivīs ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam nūllibī	alibī aliās
source	hinc	°istim istinc	°illim illinc	inde	indidem	ºcum unde	undecumque °undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique	°undiquam	°nūllunde	aliunde
destination	hūc hōc °hōrsum	istūc istōc °istōrsum	illūc illōc °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō quōrsum	quōcumque quōquō °quōrsumcumque	aliquō quōpiam °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs quōlibet	quōque	quōquam	nusquam °nūllōrsum	aliō aliōrsum
means, way, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā quārē	quācumque quāquā	aliquā	quāvīs quālibet	quāque	°quāquam ūllā	nēquāquam haudquāquam	aliā
distance	hāctenus	°istātenus °istāctenus	°illātenus °illāctenus	eātenus		quātenus	°quātenuscumque °quāquātenus	aliquātenus quādantenus	°quātenusvīs °quātenuslibet		ūllātenus	nūllātenus	aliātenus
reason	°hācpropter °hōccircā	°istāpropter	°illāpropter	eāpropter proptereā eōcircā idcircō ideō		cūr quāpropter quōcircā quārē		°quādampropter		°quōquecircā		°nullāpropter °nullōcircā	°aliāpropter
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita sīc eō modō	item itidem eādem operā eōdem modō	ut prout °quem quō modō quōmodo quemadmodum	utcumque °utut °proutcumque quōmodocumque °quemadmodumcumque	quōdam modō aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque quōque modō	°utiquam ūllō modō	nihil neutiquam °neutī̆que nūllō modō	aliter alterō/aliō modō
instrument, matter, knowledge						quī quin °quīcum	quīcumque	quī °aliquī	°quīlibet	°quīque	°quīquam	nihilō nēquīquam	aliōquī aliōquin
time	†num nunc		ōlim	tum tunc	simul	quandō̆ ‡cum	quandōcumque quandōque cumque °quandōnē °quandōquandō °cumcumque	quondam aliquandō̆	°quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen †tandem	quam	quamcumque †quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs quamlibet	quamque
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque quantusquantus	aliquantus	quantusvīs quantuslibet	quantusque
quality				tālis		quālis	quāliscumque quālisquālis	aliquālis	quālislibet	quālisque
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order/fractional				totus		quotus	°quotuscumque	°aliquotus	°quotuslibet	°quotusque °quotusquisque
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet	quotiēnsque °quotiēnsquisque		°nūllotiēns
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat changed ° Rare ‡ Only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative.

References

• “totiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “totiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “totiens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Forcellini, Egidio; Furlanetto, Giuseppe (ed.); Corradini, Francesco (ed.); and Perin, Giuseppe (ed.) (1733-1965). Lexicon Totius Latinitatis. Bologna: Arnaldo Forni. IVb. p. 756.