quantuslibet
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From quantus (“how much”) + -libet (“it is pleasing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷanˈtʊs.lɪ.bɛt]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷanˈtuz.li.bet]
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.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | quantaelibet | 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
Derived terms
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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.