quamvis

Latin

Etymology 1

quam (“as much as”) +‎ vis (“you want”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷan.wiːs]
  • Note: the pronunciation of final m before consonantal v in Classical Latin is not entirely certain. Caesellius Vindex (2nd century AD) specified that it was pronounced with the sound of the letter n; if so, it would match the pronunciation of formations like convīvium, from Old Latin com (Classical cum) and vīvō.
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷam.vis]

Adverb

quamvīs (not comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. everso
  3. although

Etymology 2

Pronoun

quamvīs

  1. accusative feminine singular of quīvīs

Determiner

quamvīs

  1. 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.
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