quantuscumque

quantus-cumque, tăcumque, tumcumque, adj.,

• how great soever, of whatever size (class.): quantuscumque sum ad judicandum, Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 122: bona, quantacumque erant, id. Phil. 5, 8, 22: adfectus, quantuscumque est, Sen. Ep. 85, 8: quantaecumquae de Romanis tamen, victoriae fama, however small, Liv. 27, 31, 3: unum quantumcunque ex insperato gaudium, id. 30, 10, 20 Weissenb. ad loc.: quanticumque, at whatsoever price, Sen. Ep. 80, 4.—To denote indefiniteness in number, how many soever: naves eorum, quantaecumque fuerint, Cod. Th. 13, 5, 5.— Neutr. adverb.: quantum-cumque, as much soever: quantumcumque possum, as much as ever I can, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 10.

quantus-cumque, quantacumque, quantumcumque, I) so groß auch immer, bona, quantacumque erant, Cic.: quantumcumque praesidium est, Liv. – emphat., so unbedeutend auch immer, quantacumque victoria, Cic.: unum quantumcumque gaudium, Liv. – von Pers., quantuscumque sum ad iudicandum, so wenig ich mein Urteil für maßgebend halte, Cic. de or. 2, 122. – II) so viel auch immer, naves quantaecumque fuerint, Cod. Theod.: quantumcumque virium momentum addiderint, so viel oder so wenig sie an Gewicht hinzubrächten, Liv.: datā quanticumque quiete temporis, auch noch so kurzer Zeit, Liv. – quantumcumque possim, so viel nur immer, Cic.

quantuscumque, ~cunque [CL] 1 of whatever size, extent, amount, or degree, however great or small. aut ‥ conatu ~ocumque ad omne interrogationum genus aptabitur que predicta est ratio interrogandi quadripertita, aut ‥ Balsh. AD rec. 2 150; c1173 omnis ~uscunque cibus fuerit ‥ apud nos, salutaris est et acceptus P. Blois Ep. 46. 134B; variis et diversis incedunt semitis femine; quibuscunque anfractibus errent, ~iscunque devient inviis, unicus est exitus Map NC IV 3 f. 46v; ~acumque sint, quantula sunt peccata tua respectu illius misericordie Rob. Flamb. Pen. 3; 1452 nunc ‥ et instantis et superventuri ~icumque honoris gaudeo specialem accepisse patronum (Chaundler) Bekynton I 269. 2 (n. sg. as adv.) to whatever extent, (in quot. w. ref. to time) however long. b (w. indefinite force) to whatever degree (however great or small), to some extent or other. c (w. contrastive or adversative force) to no matter how great an extent, however much. d (as conj.) despite or regardless of the extent to which, however much, although. quod ipsum evum angeli ~umcumque durantis sit indivisibile Duns Sent. II ii 1 p. 220b.  b importune ‥ se ingerit, quia sit ~umcunque inhabilis et non est beneficium sue contrate propter magnitudinem cure quod refugit, si sit pingwe Wycl. Sim. 23; corpus Christi est ~umcumque varie quantificatum ibi, cum sit in qualibet parte quantitativa illius hostie Wycl. Conf. 118.  c 1419 alicui ~umcumque in regimen subditorum necessario Reg. Cant. I 60; nullam personam ~umcunque sibi noxiam voluit aliquoties mulctari Blakman Hen. VI 18.  d 1220 nos, ~um-cunque personam vestram amplius dilexerimus, extunc tanto gravius in vos ‥ manus nostras curabimus aggravare, quanto ‥ Pat 226; c1250 item dominus M. F., †quantumcum [MS: qmcū; l. quantumcumque] esset infirmus et in convalescentia, comes vinctum duxit secum; et recidivatus mortuus est V. Montf. app. 284; 1289 attendentes quod ~umcumque idem O. se in dicto instrumento confiteatur dictam pecuniam a nobis recepisse, quia tamen in veritate nichil de ea recepit, promittimus ‥ RGasc II 300b; [peccator] qui ~umcunque offenderit nequiter Dominum, ‥ per oracionem humilem ‥ poterit ‥ de omnibus culpis preteritis impetrare veniam Spec. Incl. 2. 1 p. 88. 3 (introducing indir. qu.) of what (indefinite or indeterminate) size, amount, or degree? how great (however great that may be)? . c1205 si Deus non scit ~uscumque sit, ergo est major quam ipse intelligat, ergo Deus non perfecte Deum intelligit. nota quod quilibet, sive viator sive comprehensor, scit ~uscumque Deus est P. Blois Ep. Sup. 29. 29.

quantuscumquĕ, (11) -ăcumquĕ, -umcumquĕ, ¶ 1 relat., quel... que en grandeur, qq. grand que, si grand que : eorum bona quantacumque erant Cic. Phil. 5, 22, leurs biens tout considérables quʼils étaient || = quantuluscumque [formule de modestie] : facultas quæ, quantacumque est in me Cic. Arch. 13, le talent qui, si faible quʼil soit en moi (quel quʼil soit chez moi en grandeur), cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 122 || n. quantumcumque pris adv^t , dans toute la mesure où : Cic. Fin. 1, 10 ¶ 2 indéf., de nʼimporte quelle grandeur (quel quʼil soit en grandeur, qq. grand ou qq. peu grand quʼil soit) : quantæcumque, de Romanis tamen, victoriæ partæ fama Liv. 27, 31, 3, la renommée dʼune victoire, sans doute médiocrement importante, mais gagnée sur les Romains ; unum quantumcumque ex insperato gaudium Liv. 30, 10, 20, un seul motif de joie, faible ? il nʼimporte, mais inespéré, cf. Liv. 28, 32, 9.

quantus-cumque tacumque, tumcumque, adj.,

• how great soever. of whatever size: bona, quantacumque erant: omnia adhuc, quantacumque petistis, obtinuistis, L.—However small, however little: quantuscumque sum ad iudicandum, whatever my judgment may be worth: facultas, quae quantacumque in me est, however trifling: datā quanticumque quiete temporis, ever so short, L.