quamlibet
περὶ οὐδὲν γὰρ οὕτως ὑπάρχει τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἔργων βεβαιότης ὡς περὶ τὰς ἐνεργείας τὰς κατ' ἀρετήν → since none of man's functions possess the quality of permanence so fully as the activities in conformity with virtue
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quam-lĭbet: (-lŭbet), adv.
I As it pleases, as you (they, etc.) will, at pleasure: quamlubet esto unica res, Lucr. 2, 541: lambe otio, Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—
II In gen., how much soever, ever so much, howsoever: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 5: infirmae manus, howsoever weak, id. Am. 1, 7, 66: quamlibet parum sit, however inconsiderable it may be, Quint. 1, 1, 18; 1, 12, 5; 5, 13, 56; 12, 1, 29: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; 3, 5, 9, § 54; 6, 4, 4, § 13: hoc pretio quamlibet numerosa subsellia inplentur, Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 6; 10, 96 (97), 2; id. Pan. 61, 2: quamlibet pulchra elocutio, Quint. 2, 4, 32; 12, 8, 7; 8, 6, 4.—
B For quamvis, although (post-class.), Sol. 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quamlĭbĕt¹¹ (-lŭbĕt),
1 adv., autant qu’on veut, qu’on voudra ; à loisir, à discrétion : Lucr. 2, 541 ; Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 14, 6 ; Quint. 2, 4, 32, etc.
2 conj., à qq. degré que : quamlibet custodiatur Quint. 12, 1, 29 [la feinte] avec qq. soin qu’on la dissimule, cf. Quint. 1, 1, 18 ; 1, 12, 5, etc. ; cf. quamvis.
