Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from quantus (“how much”) + -cumque (indefinite suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷan.tʊsˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷan.tusˈkum.kʷe]
Adjective
[edit]quantuscumque (feminine quantacumque, neuter quantumcumque); first/second-declension adjective with an indeclinable portion
- (with a subjunctive verb) however great
- Quantacumque sit eius memoria, multa tamen obliviscitur. ― However great his memory may be, he still forgets many things.
- (with a subjunctive verb) however little
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective with an indeclinable portion.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | quantuscumque | quantacumque | quantumcumque | quantīcumque | quantaecumque | quantacumque | |
| genitive | quantīcumque | quantaecumque | quantīcumque | quantōrumcumque | quantārumcumque | quantōrumcumque | |
| dative | quantōcumque | quantaecumque | quantōcumque | quantīscumque | |||
| accusative | quantumcumque | quantamcumque | quantumcumque | quantōscumque | quantāscumque | quantacumque | |
| ablative | quantōcumque | quantācumque | quantōcumque | quantīscumque | |||
| vocative | quantecumque | quantacumque | quantumcumque | quantīcumque | quantaecumque | quantacumque | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Borrowings:
- → Interlingua: quantcunque
References
[edit]- “quantuscumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quantuscumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quantuscumque”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.