quantusvis

quantusvis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷanˈtus.wiːs/, [kʷanˈtʊs.wiːs]

Adjective

quantusvīs (feminine quantavīs, neuter quantumvīs or quantunvīs); first/second declension

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

Declension

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quantusvīs	quantavīs	quantumvīs		quantīvīs	quantaevīs	quantavīs
Genitive	quantīvīs	quantaevīs	quantīvīs		quantōrumvīs	quantārumvīs	quantōrumvīs
Dative	quantōvīs		quantōvīs		quantīsvīs
Accusative	quantumvīs	quantamvīs	quantumvīs		quantōsvīs	quantāsvīs	quantavīs
Ablative	quantōvīs	quantāvīs	quantōvīs		quantīsvīs
Vocative	quantevīs	quantavīs	quantumvīs		quantīvīs	quantaevīs	quantavīs

First/second declension, with m → n in compounds.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quantusvīs	quantavīs	quantunvīs		quantīvīs	quantaevīs	quantavīs
Genitive	quantīvīs	quantaevīs	quantīvīs		quantōrunvīs	quantārunvīs	quantōrunvīs
Dative	quantōvīs		quantōvīs		quantīsvīs
Accusative	quantunvīs	quantanvīs	quantunvīs		quantōsvīs	quantāsvīs	quantavīs
Ablative	quantōvīs	quantāvīs	quantōvīs		quantīsvīs
Vocative	quantevīs	quantavīs	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