quamlibet

quam-lĭbet (-lŭbet), adv.

• As it pleases, as you (they, etc.) will, at pleasure: quamlubet esto unica res, Lucr. 2, 541: lambe otio, Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—
• II In gen., how much soever, ever so much, howsoever: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 5: infirmae manus, howsoever weak, id. Am. 1, 7, 66: quamlibet parum sit, however inconsiderable it may be, Quint. 1, 1, 18; 1, 12, 5; 5, 13, 56; 12, 1, 29: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; 3, 5, 9, § 54; 6, 4, 4, § 13: hoc pretio quamlibet numerosa subsellia inplentur, Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 6; 10, 96 (97), 2; id. Pan. 61, 2: quamlibet pulchra elocutio, Quint. 2, 4, 32; 12, 8, 7; 8, 6, 4.—
• • B For quamvis, although (post-class.), Sol. 9.

quam-libet (-lubet), Adv. I) wie beliebt, ganz nach Belieben, Phaedr.: quamlibet esto unica res quaedam, Lucr. – II) übtr.: a) im allg. = so sehr auch, noch so sehr, noch so, occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates, sie mögen noch so weit gegangen sein, Ov.: manus quamlibet infirmae, die noch so schwachen Hände, Ov.: quamlibet numerosa subsellia, Plin. ep.: qu. ignavi, Ov.: quamlibet parvum sit, es sei so unbedeutend, wie es wolle, mag es auch noch so klein sein, Quint. – beim Superl., temerario concilio quamlibet numerosissimo, Augustin. epist. 43, 6 (u. so ibid. 77, 2). – b) = quamvis, obschon, obgleich, quamlibet sis multo comitatu stipatus, Min. Fel. 37, 9.

quamlibet [CL] 1 (w adj., adv., or p. ppl.) in whatever degree one likes, however —; b (w. adj. & form of esse). erat ‥ natu nobilis, ~et actu ignobilis Bede HE II 15; c1102 si ~et parum a vestra bona consuetudine aliquando vel semel sentitis declinare ‥ Anselm (Ep. 230) IV 135; immo non posset non velle ~et infima, si majora non posset Ib. (Casus Diab.) I 257; graviter peccamus, quotienscumque scienter aliquid ~et parvum contra voluntatem Dei facimus Ib. (CurD I 21) II 89; solet ecclesiarum cultus augustior ~et brutas mentes ad orandum accendere W. Malm. GR I 26; tanta ‥ capacitas, ut ~et conferte multitudini videatur posse sufficere Id. GP II 73 p. 145; probe doctus posse sermonem ~et elegantem extemporaliter facere Ib. IV 139.  b a1089 ~et ‥ vile sit quod sic amat et a quo sic amatur Anselm (Ep. 32) III 140; ~et longum esset, ‥ pede impiger contendebat W. Malm. GP II 75. 2 (introducing adverbial cl.) however much, (also more strongly) even though, despite the fact that. non magnopere moveor, ~et adversus stipulatorem veritatis ‥ livescant Aldh. VirgP 58 p. 318; quae ‥ solent ferratas vincere mentes, / quamlibet existant praedurae cotis adinstar Id. VirgV 107; hunc [sc. Danihel] Deus horrenda semper tutatur ab ira, / quamlibet expertus toleret tormenta malorum Ib. 360; quamlibet expertus non esset vulnera ferri / ‥ / attamen illustrem meruit confessio palmam Ib. 702.

quamlĭbĕt (11) (-lŭbĕt), ¶ 1 adv., autant quʼon veut, quʼon voudra ; à loisir, à discrétion : Lucr. 2, 541 ; Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 14, 6 ; Quint. 2, 4, 32, etc. ¶ 2 conj., à qq. degré que : quamlibet custodiatur Quint. 12, 1, 29 [la feinte] avec qq. soin quʼon la dissimule, cf. Quint. 1, 1, 18 ; 1, 12, 5, etc. ; cf. quamvis.

quamlibet vel *quamlubet. adv.
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quam-libet or quam-lubet adv.,

• at pleasure, according to inclination: Quamlibet lambe otio, Ph.—As much as one will, however much, to any extent, in any degree: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum: ignotae manūs, however strange, O.