adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion
quantuslibet
quantuslibet (feminine quantalibet, neuter quantumlibet or quantunlibet)
Classical[kʷanˈtʊs.lɪ.bɛt]Ecclesiastical[kʷanˈtuz.li.bet]
Meaning
- adjectiveas great as you please
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quantuslibet | quantalibet | quantumlibet quantunlibet |
| genitive | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantīlibet |
| dative | quantōlibet | quantaelibet | quantōlibet |
| accusative | quantumlibet quantunlibet | quantamlibet quantanlibet | quantumlibet quantunlibet |
| ablative | quantōlibet | quantālibet | quantōlibet |
| vocative | quantelibet | quantalibet | quantumlibet quantunlibet |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantalibet |
| genitive | quantōrumlibet quantōrunlibet | quantārumlibet quantārunlibet | quantōrumlibet quantōrunlibet |
| dative | quantīslibet | quantīslibet | quantīslibet |
| accusative | quantōslibet | quantāslibet | quantalibet |
| ablative | quantīslibet | quantīslibet | quantīslibet |
| vocative | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantalibet |
quantus-lĭbet, tălibet, tumlĭbet, adj.,
I. as great as you please, how great soever, ever so great (poet. and in post - Aug. prose):
quantolibet ordine dignus, Ov. F. 6, 669: saevitia hiemis, Col. 8, 17, 11: facilitas, Tac. Agr. 6: quantālibet lassitudine recreari defessos, Plin. 27, 12, 104, § 127.— Neutr. adverb.: quantum-lĭbet, how much soever, ever so much: quantumlibet intersit, Liv. 39, 37, 14; Quint. 12, 6, 4: te quantumlibet oderint hostes, Eum. Pan. Const. 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quantus-libet talibet, tumlibet, adj.,
as great as you please, how great soever, ever so great: quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo, L.: quantolibet ordine dignus, O.: facilitas, Ta.: Serrano Gloria quantalibet quid erit? what will any amount of glory be worth? Iu.
Origins
From quantus (“how much”) + -libet (“it is pleasing”).