quantuslibet

Latin

Etymology

From quantus (“how much”) +‎ -libet (“it is pleasing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷanˈtus.li.bet/, [kʷän̪ˈt̪ʊs̠lʲɪbɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwanˈtus.li.bet/, [kwän̪ˈt̪uzlibet̪]

Adjective

quantuslibet (feminine quantalibet, neuter quantumlibet or quantunlibet); first/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

1. as great as you please

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	quantuslibet	quantalibet	quantumlibet quantunlibet		quantīlibet	quantaelibet	quantalibet
genitive	quantīlibet	quantaelibet	quantīlibet		quantōrumlibet quantōrunlibet	quantārumlibet quantārunlibet	quantōrumlibet quantōrunlibet
dative	quantōlibet	quantaelibet	quantōlibet		quantīslibet
accusative	quantumlibet quantunlibet	quantamlibet quantanlibet	quantumlibet quantunlibet		quantōslibet	quantāslibet	quantalibet
ablative	quantōlibet	quantālibet	quantōlibet		quantīslibet
vocative	quantelibet	quantalibet	quantumlibet quantunlibet		quantīlibet	quantaelibet	quantalibet

• Adverb: quantumlibet

Derived terms

• quantumlibet

Related terms

• quantusvīs

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.