quominus

quō-mĭnus,

• conj., that not, from, after verbs of hindering, preventing, etc.; v. minus under parvus.

quō-minus, s. quō.

1 quominus v. quo

2 quominus [CL al. div.] 1 (w subj., in cl. having neg. force) so as to prevent, so that ‥ not; b (after vb. of preventing, hesitating, or sim.). ne ‥ nos ‥ lassos putent ~us illud Isaianum ‥ caveamus, ‘vae ‥ qui dicunt bonum malum’ Gildas EB 37; 957 ~us posteritas violare audeat hoc donum CS 936.  b is ~us haberetur, nihil dubitandum W. Malm. GP I 44; id ~us fieret, obsistebat insania Ib. V 261; excogitemus ‥ quid cogitaverit Saul ~us obediret Bald. Cant. Serm. 7. 14; ~us cum ipso proficiscerer sum detentus Ad. Marsh Ep. 32. 2 (w indic. and posse): a (after vb. of preventing or sim.) so that ‥ unable to, from being able to. b (after statement of fact) for which reason ‥ unable to. a 1269 impeditus fuit ~us ‥ officium ‥ libere excercere ‥ potuit Cl 62; ipsum detinuit quo minus clamorem levare potuit State Tri. Ed. I 86; s1387 impediverunt regem quo minus poterat exercere que ad regaliam suam pertinuerunt Chr. Angl. 380; ipsos, ~us theolonium ‥ colligere potuerunt impediverunt Reg. Brev. Orig. f. 103v.  b 1322 rescripsimus ‥ patri quod, ante recepcionem ‥ litterarum suarum ordinavimus ad dictam ecclesiam ‥ aliam personam ‥ presentare, ~us illa vice potuimus annuere votis suis Lit. Cant. I 78. 3 (si ~us) if it were not so, otherwise, or else. siquo minus [sic] †olioquin [l. alioquin] GlC S 317; nam si ~us ex anteactis bonis apud inferos torqueretur [dives] ‥ recepisset bona post vitam suam Pull. Sent. 858B; nos si ~us, Rex noster proprius nostrum ‥ supplebit imperfectum H. Bos. Thom. III 24.

quōmĭnus, (8) empl. comme conj., ¶ 1 [après verbes dʼempêchement] ; v. impedire, tenere, recusare, deterrere, etc., empêcher que, ou de, refuser de || [idée dʼempêchement] : excipiuntur tabulæ, quominus Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 187, les registres sont lʼobjet dʼune exception empêchant que ; v. stare, perficere, mora, morari ¶ 2 afin que dʼautant moins, ou pour que... ne pas, pour empêcher que : Cic. Nat. 1, 35 ; Har. 27 ; Br. 117 ; nihil desideramus, quominus... possidere videamur Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5, il ne nous manque rien qui vous empêche de croire que nous possédons...

quominus . conj.
不。防。Per te stetit — haec fierent 此事之不成皆由於汝。Me infirmitas valetudinis tenuit — ad ludos venirem 我病阻我赴戯。Ne impediretur — frueretur 恐碍人享之。Deterrere — eat 警戒人往彼。

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