quantusvis

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Latin

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Etymology

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quantus (how much) +‎ vīs (you want)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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.