adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion
quantusvīs
quantusvīs (feminine quantavīs, neuter quantumvīs or quantunvīs)
Classical[kʷanˈtʊs.wiːs]Ecclesiastical[kʷanˈtuz.vis]
Meaning
- adjectiveas much as you want, as great as you please, however great, ever so great
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quantusvīs | quantavīs | quantumvīs quantunvīs |
| genitive | quantīvīs | quantaevīs | quantīvīs |
| dative | quantōvīs | quantaevīs | quantōvīs |
| accusative | quantumvīs quantunvīs | quantamvīs quantanvīs | quantumvīs quantunvīs |
| ablative | quantōvīs | quantāvīs | quantōvīs |
| vocative | quantevīs | quantavīs | quantumvīs quantunvīs |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quantīvīs | quantaevīs | quantavīs |
| genitive | quantōrumvīs quantōrunvīs | quantārumvīs quantārunvīs | quantōrumvīs quantōrunvīs |
| dative | quantīsvīs | quantīsvīs | quantīsvīs |
| accusative | quantōsvīs | quantāsvīs | quantavīs |
| ablative | quantīsvīs | quantīsvīs | quantīsvīs |
| vocative | quantīvīs | quantaevīs | quantavīs |
quantus-vīs, tăvis, tumvis, adj.,
I. as much as you will, as great as you please, however great, ever so great (class.):
et manus una regit quantovis impete euntem (navem), Lucr. 4, 903; 4, 1171: quantasvis magnas copias sustineri posse, Caes. B. G. 5, 28: portum satis amplum quantaevis classi, for any fleet, be it ever so large, Liv. 26, 42: cum faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis pretii, Ter. And. 5, 2, 15: ingenium hominis, Gell. 4, 1, 2.— Neutr. subst.: quantum-vīs, however great an amount, as much as you will, how much soever, ever so much: meretrici des quantumvis, nusquam apparet, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 17: quantumvis tolle, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—With gen.: quantumvis fiduciae et spiritūs capias, how much soever, Nazar. Pan. Const. 19. — Adverb., very, very indeed: quantumvis facundus et promptus, Suet. Calig. 53.— 2. For quamvis, although, albeit:
ille catus, quantumvis rusticus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39 (ap. Cic. Lael. 20, 73, and Sen. Ep. 85, 12, the true read. is quamvis). Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quantus-vīs tavīs, tumvīs, adj.,
as much as you will, as great as you please, however great: quantasvis copias sustineri posse, Cs.: portum satis amplum quantaevis classi, for any fleet however large, L.: esse quantivis preti, T.
Origins
From quantus (“how much”) + vīs (“you want”).