adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective with an indeclinable portion
quantuluscumque
quantuluscumque (feminine quantulacumque, neuter quantulumcumque)
Classical[kʷan.tʊ.ɫʊsˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[kʷan.tu.lusˈkum.kʷe]
Meaning
- adjectivehowever little, small or trifling
- adjectivehow little soever
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quantuluscumque | quantulacumque | quantulumcumque |
| genitive | quantulīcumque | quantulaecumque | quantulīcumque |
| dative | quantulōcumque | quantulaecumque | quantulōcumque |
| accusative | quantulumcumque | quantulamcumque | quantulumcumque |
| ablative | quantulōcumque | quantulācumque | quantulōcumque |
| vocative | quantulecumque | quantulacumque | quantulumcumque |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quantulīcumque | quantulaecumque | quantulacumque |
| genitive | quantulōrumcumque | quantulārumcumque | quantulōrumcumque |
| dative | quantulīscumque | quantulīscumque | quantulīscumque |
| accusative | quantulōscumque | quantulāscumque | quantulacumque |
| ablative | quantulīscumque | quantulīscumque | quantulīscumque |
| vocative | quantulīcumque | quantulaecumque | quantulacumque |
quantŭlus-cumque (or-cunque), ăcumque, umcumque, adj.,
I. however small, how little soever (class.):
de hac meā, quantulacumque est, facultate quaeritis, Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135: adfectus quantulicumque sunt, Sen. Ep. 85, 8: occasio, Juv. 13, 183: umor, Col. 2, 11, 7. — Neutr. as subst.: quantŭlumcumque, however small, however insignificant a thing: quicumque eramus, et quantulumcumque dicebamus, Cic. Or. 30, 106.— Separated: quantulum id cumque est, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 97. — With gen.: quantulumcunque aquae vel ciborum inest, Col. 8, 9.— Adv.: quantŭlumcun-quē, in however small a degree: spem ejus, quae quantulumcunque restabat, comminuit, Val. Max. 1, 5, 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quantulus-cumque acumque, umcumque, adj.,
however small, how, little soever, however trifling: mea, quantulacumque est, facultas: Quantulacumque adeo est occasio, Iu.—In tmesi: quantulum id cumque est.—As subst n., however little, however insignificant a thing: quantulumcumque dicebamus.
Origins
Diminutive form of quantuscumque, ultimate from quantulus + -cumque.