quantusvis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷanˈtus.u̯iːs/, [kʷän̪ˈt̪ʊs̠u̯iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.tu.swis/, [ˈkwän̪t̪uswis]

Adjective

quantusvīs (feminine quantavīs, neuter quantumvīs or quantunvīs); first/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

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

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	quantusvīs	quantavīs	quantumvīs quantunvīs		quantīvīs	quantaevīs	quantavīs
genitive	quantīvīs	quantaevīs	quantīvīs		quantōrumvīs quantōrunvīs	quantārumvīs quantārunvīs	quantōrumvīs quantōrunvīs
dative	quantōvīs	quantaevīs	quantōvīs		quantīsvīs
accusative	quantumvīs quantunvīs	quantamvīs quantanvīs	quantumvīs quantunvīs		quantōsvīs	quantāsvīs	quantavīs
ablative	quantōvīs	quantāvīs	quantōvīs		quantīsvīs
vocative	quantevīs	quantavīs	quantumvīs quantunvīs		quantīvīs	quantaevīs	quantavīs

• Adverb: quantumvīs

Derived terms

• quantumvīs

Related terms

• quantuslibet

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.