quantisper
Latin
Etymology
From quantus (“how much, of what size”) + -per (adverbial derivational suffix, "throughout").
Adverb
quantīsper (comparative quantīspius, superlative quantīspissimē)
- (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.
- Nonius: velim paulisper opperiri te. Quantisper? Non plus triduum
See also
- aliquantīsper
- parumper
- paulīsper
- tantīsper
References
- “quantisper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press