qua

Preposition

CIDE DICTIONARY

qua, conj. [L., abl. of qui who.].

In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as. [1913 Webster]

"It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have to deal." [1913 Webster]

qua, conj. in the capacity of; as being (Napoleon qua general).

Etymology

L, ablat. fem. sing. of qui who (rel. pron.)