adverb
quantōque
quantōque (not comparable)
Classical[kʷanˈtoː.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[kʷanˈtɔː.kʷe]
Meaning
- not comparableby whichever amount (it may be), according a whichever amount
quantōque cōnspicuī magis prōpugnātōrēs
and the more conspicuous the defendersc. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 2.20
Origins
Adverbial ablative of quantusque. By surface analysis, quantō (“by how much”, adverb) + -que (particle)