quantisper

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of quantīs (“how much, of what size”, abl. pl.) +‎ -per (“through”), originally a postpositional phrase.

Adverb

quantīsper (not comparable)

1. (interrogative or relational): how long, for how long
   • ~180 BCE, Caecilius Statius, Ephesio 511, 30:

     Nonius: velim paulisper opperiri te. Quantisper? Non plus triduum

     Nonius: I might want to wait a short time. For how long you ask? For no more than three days.

See also

• aliquantīsper
• parumper
• paulīsper
• tantīsper

References

• “quantisper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press