quamvis Latin · revision 17953

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʷam.wiːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkʷam.vis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quamvīs''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[quam]] “as much as” and [[vīs]], the second person singular of [[volō]] “to want”: “as much as you like”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''audācter quamvīs dīcitō'', “speak boldly, as much as you like”, and ''quamvīs sermōnēs possunt longī texier'', “speeches can be spun out as long as you like”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adverb first means “as much as you like, to any degree”, hence “ever so, very” (''quamvīs paucī'', “however few”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a conjunction with the subjunctive it introduces a concession of possibility, “however (much)”, “although”; from Nepos on it also takes the indicative, like ''[[quamquam]]'', “in spite of the fact that”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Celsus and later writers use it at the head of a sentence, “however, yet”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “even, as you will, although”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''audācter quamvīs dīcitō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''vīdī armātōs quamvīs paucōs; magna vīs est'', “I saw armed men, however few; that is great violence”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos uses it with the indicative: ''quamvīs carēbat nōmine'', “although he lacked the title”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # As much as you like, to any degree.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Ever so, very; however (much).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(at the head of a sentence)'' However, yet.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Conjunction===

+ # ''(with subjunctive)'' However much, [[m|en|although]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(with indicative)'' In spite of the fact that, although.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quam]]

+ * [[quamquam]]

+ * [[volō]]

+ * [[licet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}