quantumvis

Latin

Alternative forms

• quantunvīs

Etymology

From quantusvīs (“as much as you want”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷanˈtʊm.wiːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷan̪ˈt̪um.vis]

Noun

quantumvīs n (genitive quantīvīs); second declension

1. however great an amount, as much as you want, however much, ever so much

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter) with an indeclinable portion.

	singular	plural
nominative	quantumvīs	quantavīs
genitive	quantīvīs	quantōrumvīs
dative	quantōvīs	quantīsvīs
accusative	quantumvīs	quantavīs
ablative	quantōvīs	quantīsvīs
vocative	quantumvīs	quantavīs

Adverb

quantumvīs (not comparable)

1. As much (or as long) as you please

Conjunction

quantumvīs

1. however, although

Adjective

quantumvīs

1. inflection of quantusvīs:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “quantumvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quantumvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “quantumvis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary