quivis

Latin

Etymology

From quī +‎ vīs.

Pronoun

quīvis (feminine quaevīs, neuter quidvīs); relative/interrogative pronoun (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

1. whoever you will, anyone, anything
2. whatever (you will), whatsoever

Declension

Relative/interrogative pronoun (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quīvis	quaevīs	quidvīs		quīvīs1	quaevīs
Genitive	cuiusvīs1				quōrunvīs quōrumvīs	quārunvīs quārumvīs	quōrunvīs quōrumvīs
Dative	cuivīs1				quibusvīs quīsvīs1
Accusative	quenvīs quemvīs	quanvīs quamvīs	quidvīs		quōsvīs	quāsvīs	quaevīs
Ablative	quōvīs	quāvīs	quōvīs		quibusvīs quīsvīs1

¹In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms of quī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or plural quī (old spelling quei), the genitive singular cuius (old spelling quoius), the dative singular cui (old spelling quoi or quoiei), the dative/ablative plural quīs (old spelling queis).

Determiner

quīvis (feminine quaevīs, neuter quodvīs); relative/interrogative pronoun (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

1. whichever, whatever (person or thing)

Usage notes

• The pronoun is used in place of a noun, while the determiner is used in place of an adjective (e.g. whichever man, whatever speech). The declensions differ only in the neuter nominative/accusative singular: quidvīs as a pronoun, quodvīs as a determiner.

Declension

Relative/interrogative pronoun (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quīvis	quaevīs	quodvīs		quīvīs1	quaevīs
Genitive	cuiusvīs1				quōrunvīs quōrumvīs	quārunvīs quārumvīs	quōrunvīs quōrumvīs
Dative	cuivīs1				quibusvīs quīsvīs1
Accusative	quenvīs quemvīs	quanvīs quamvīs	quodvīs		quōsvīs	quāsvīs	quaevīs
Ablative	quōvīs	quāvīs	quōvīs		quibusvīs quīsvīs1

¹In Republican Latin or earlier, alternative spellings could be found for the following forms of quī/quis and its compounds: the masculine nominative singular or plural quī (old spelling quei), the genitive singular cuius (old spelling quoius), the dative singular cui (old spelling quoi or quoiei), the dative/ablative plural quīs (old spelling queis).

See also

• quamvīs
• quantumvīs
• quantusvīs
• ubivīs
• utervīs

References

• “quivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quivis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • all learned men: omnes docti, quivis doctus, doctissimus quisque
    

Portuguese

Noun

quivis

1. plural of quivi