quantuslibet
Latin
Etymology
From quantus (“how much”) + -libet (“it is pleasing”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷanˈtus.li.bet/, [kʷanˈtʊs.lɪ.bɛt]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwanˈtus.li.bet/
Adjective
quantuslibet (feminine quantuslibet, neuter quantumlibet or quantunlibet); first/second declension
- as great as you please
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quantuslibet | quantalibet | quantumlibet | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantalibet | |
| Genitive | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantīlibet | quantōrumlibet | quantārumlibet | quantōrumlibet | |
| Dative | quantōlibet | quantōlibet | quantīslibet | ||||
| Accusative | quantumlibet | quantamlibet | quantumlibet | quantōslibet | quantāslibet | quantalibet | |
| Ablative | quantōlibet | quantālibet | quantōlibet | quantīslibet | |||
| Vocative | quantelibet | quantalibet | quantumlibet | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantalibet | |
First/second declension, with m → n in compounds.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quantuslibet | quantalibet | quantunlibet | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantalibet | |
| Genitive | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantīlibet | quantōrunlibet | quantārunlibet | quantōrunlibet | |
| Dative | quantōlibet | quantōlibet | quantīslibet | ||||
| Accusative | quantunlibet | quantanlibet | quantunlibet | quantōslibet | quantāslibet | quantalibet | |
| Ablative | quantōlibet | quantālibet | quantōlibet | quantīslibet | |||
| Vocative | quantelibet | quantalibet | quantunlibet | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantalibet | |
- Adverb: quantumlibet
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- quantuslibet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quantuslibet in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quantuslibet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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