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quantus-vīs , tăvis, tumvis, adj.,
I.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. 5, 2, 15: “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: “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).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 5.28
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.7
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1171
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.903
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 53
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 42
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 20
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 4.1.2
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 85.12
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