quantusvis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷanˈtus.u̯iːs/, [kʷän̪ˈt̪ʊs̠u̯iːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.tu.swis/, [ˈkwän̪t̪uswis]

Adjective

quantusvīs (feminine quantavīs, neuter quantumvīs or quantunvīs); first/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

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

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