quantusvis

quantus-vīs, tăvis, tumvis, adj.,

• as much as you will, as great as you please, however great, ever so great (class.): et manus una regit quantovis impete euntem (navem), Lucr. 4, 903; 4, 1171: quantasvis magnas copias sustineri posse, Caes. B. G. 5, 28: portum satis amplum quantaevis classi, for any fleet, be it ever so large, Liv. 26, 42: cum faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis pretii, Ter. And. 856: ingenium hominis, Gell. 4, 1, 2.— Neutr. subst.: quantum-vīs, however great an amount, as much as you will, how much soever, ever so much: meretrici des quantumvis, nusquam apparet, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 17 (567): quantumvis tolle, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—With gen.: quantumvis fiduciae et spiritūs capias, how much soever, Nazar. Pan. Const. 19. — Adverb., very, very indeed: quantumvis facundus et promptus, Suet. Calig. 53.—
• • • 2 For quamvis, although, albeit: ille catus, quantumvis rusticus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39 (ap. Cic. Lael. 20, 73, and Sen. Ep. 85, 12, the true read. is quamvis).

quantus-vīs, quantavīs, quantumvīs, beliebig groß, -viel, noch so groß, -viel, quantaevis copiae, jede noch so große Streitmacht, Caes. b. G. 5, 28: portus satis amplus quantaevis classi, jeder Flotte, sie sei auch noch so groß, Liv. 26, 42, 4: videtur esse quantivis pretii, Ter. Andr. 856: servus quantivis preti, Plaut. Epid. 410 G. – Neutr. subst., quantumvis, noch so viel, des quantumvis, nusquam apparet, Plaut. truc. 571: m. folg. Genet., qu. fiduciae capias, Nazar. pan. 19, 5. – Adv. quantumvis, s. bes.

quantusvis [CL] 1 of whatever size, amount, or degree you wish. non modo in populo sed in ~avis paucitate potest quique suam tirannidem exercere J. Sal. Pol. 675D. 2 (n. sg. as adv.) to however great an extent or to whatever degree you like. melior est plane acquisitio talis auro et argento, ac lapidibus ~umvis pretiosis V. Fridesw. B 14; si usque ad suppremum judicii diem in satisfaciendo laborarent ~umvis, modicum omnino videri debuisset in ‥ expiationem tam magne ‥ pravitatis sue Ad. Eyns. Visio 27 p. 334.

quantusvīs, (14) -ăvīs, -umvīs, aussi grand quʼon voudra : Cæs. G. 5, 18, 4 ; Liv. 26, 42, 4 || gén. de prix : ne illud quidem non quantivis... posse proficisci Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1, ceci même nʼest pas sans être dʼun prix aussi grand quʼon voudra (= est dʼun très grand prix), de pouvoir partir... || v. quantumvis.

quantusvis , avis, umvis. adj.
任何等大者。

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quantus-vīs tavīs, tumvīs, adj.,

• as much as you will, as great as you please, however great: quantasvis copias sustineri posse, Cs.: portum satis amplum quantaevis classi, for any fleet however large, L.: esse quantivis preti, T.