quantusvis

Latin

Etymology

quantus (“how much”) +‎ vīs (“you want”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷanˈtus.wiːs/, [kʷanˈtʊs.wiːs]

Adjective

quantusvīs (feminine quantavīs, neuter quantumvīs or quantunvīs); first/second declension

  1. as much as you want, as great as you please, however great, ever so great

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quantusvīs quantavīs quantumvīs quantīvīs quantaevīs quantavīs
Genitive quantīvīs quantaevīs quantīvīs quantōrumvīs quantārumvīs quantōrumvīs
Dative quantōvīs quantōvīs quantīsvīs
Accusative quantumvīs quantamvīs quantumvīs quantōsvīs quantāsvīs quantavīs
Ablative quantōvīs quantāvīs quantōvīs quantīsvīs
Vocative quantevīs quantavīs quantumvīs quantīvīs quantaevīs quantavīs

First/second declension, with m → n in compounds.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quantusvīs quantavīs quantunvīs quantīvīs quantaevīs quantavīs
Genitive quantīvīs quantaevīs quantīvīs quantōrunvīs quantārunvīs quantōrunvīs
Dative quantōvīs quantōvīs quantīsvīs
Accusative quantunvīs quantanvīs quantunvīs quantōsvīs quantāsvīs quantavīs
Ablative quantōvīs quantāvīs quantōvīs quantīsvīs
Vocative quantevīs quantavīs quantunvīs quantīvīs quantaevīs quantavīs

Derived terms

References
  • quantusvīs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quantusvis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quantusvīs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,293/3
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