quantuscumque

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quantus-cumque, tăcumque, tumcumque, adj.,

how great soever , of whatever size (class.): quantuscumque sum ad judicandum, Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 122: bona, quantacumque erant, id. Phil. 5, 8, 22: adfectus, quantuscumque est, Sen. Ep. 85, 8: quantaecumquae de Romanis tamen, victoriae fama, however small , Liv. 27, 31, 3: unum quantumcunque ex insperato gaudium, id. 30, 10, 20 Weissenb. ad loc.: quanticumque, at whatsoever price , Sen. Ep. 80, 4.—To denote indefiniteness in number, how many soever : naves eorum, quantaecumque fuerint, Cod. Th. 13, 5, 5.— Neutr. adverb. : quantum-cumque , as much soever : quantumcumque possum, as much as ever I can , Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 10.

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