quantuslibet
Latin
Etymology
From quantus (“how much”) + -libet (“it is pleasing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷanˈtus.li.bet/, [kʷän̪ˈt̪ʊs̠lʲɪbɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwanˈtus.li.bet/, [kwän̪ˈt̪uzlibet̪]
Adjective
quantuslibet (feminine quantalibet, neuter quantumlibet or quantunlibet); first/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion
- as great as you please
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quantuslibet | quantalibet | quantumlibet quantunlibet |
quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantalibet | |
| Genitive | quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantīlibet | quantōrumlibet quantōrunlibet |
quantārumlibet quantārunlibet |
quantōrumlibet quantōrunlibet | |
| Dative | quantōlibet | quantōlibet | quantīslibet | ||||
| Accusative | quantumlibet quantunlibet |
quantamlibet quantanlibet |
quantumlibet quantunlibet |
quantōslibet | quantāslibet | quantalibet | |
| Ablative | quantōlibet | quantālibet | quantōlibet | quantīslibet | |||
| Vocative | quantelibet | quantalibet | quantumlibet quantunlibet |
quantīlibet | quantaelibet | quantalibet | |
- Adverb: quantumlibet
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References
- “quantuslibet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quantuslibet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quantuslibet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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