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Latin
Etymology
From quid and libet, compare quidquid and quidlibet.
Pronoun
quidquidlibet n
- (Late Latin) whatever it may be
- 5th century, Salvianus, adversus avaritiam, liber tertius. In: Patrologiae cursus completus, seu bibliotheca universalis, integra, uniformis, commoda, oeconomica, omnium SS. patrum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiaticorum. Patrologiae latinae tomus LIII, edited by J.-P. Migne, 1865, p. 225:
Quidquidlibet enim dederis pro te, vile est; quidquid pro te obtuleris, parvi pretii est: quia anima tua in omnium rerum comparatione pretiosior.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Relative/interrogative pronoun with an indeclinable portion.
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