quantisper
Latin
Etymology
Univerbation of quantīs (“how much, of what size”, abl. pl.) + -per (“through”), originally a postpositional phrase.
Adverb
quantīsper (not comparable)
- (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
References
- “quantisper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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