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Latin
Etymology 1
quam (“as much as”) + vis (“you want”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
quamvīs (not comparable)
- as much (as you like), however
c. 45 BCE,
Cicero,
Tusculan Disputations 2.13:
- Ut ager, quamvis fertilis, sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest, sic sine doctrina animus.
- Just as the field, however fertile, without cultivation cannot be fruitful, likewise the soul without education.
- everso
- although
Etymology 2
Pronoun
quamvīs
- accusative feminine singular of quīvīs
Determiner
quamvīs
- accusative feminine singular of quīvīs
References
- “quamvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quamvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quamvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.