quantusvis
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quantus-vīs: tăvis, tumvis, adj.,
I as much as you will, as great as you please, however great, ever so great (class.): et manus una regit quantovis impete euntem (navem), Lucr. 4, 903; 4, 1171: quantasvis magnas copias sustineri posse, Caes. B. G. 5, 28: portum satis amplum quantaevis classi, for any fleet, be it ever so large, Liv. 26, 42: cum faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis pretii, Ter. And. 5, 2, 15: ingenium hominis, Gell. 4, 1, 2.— Neutr. subst.: quantum-vīs, however great an amount, as much as you will, how much soever, ever so much: meretrici des quantumvis, nusquam apparet, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 17: quantumvis tolle, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—With gen.: quantumvis fiduciae et spiritūs capias, how much soever, Nazar. Pan. Const. 19. — Adverb., very, very indeed: quantumvis facundus et promptus, Suet. Calig. 53.—
2 For quamvis, although, albeit: ille catus, quantumvis rusticus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39 (ap. Cic. Lael. 20, 73, and Sen. Ep. 85, 12, the true read. is quamvis). >
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quantusvīs,¹⁴ -ăvīs, -umvīs, aussi grand qu’on voudra : Cæs. G. 5, 18, 4 ; Liv. 26, 42, 4 || gén. de prix : ne illud quidem non quantivis... posse proficisci Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1, ceci même n’est pas sans être d’un prix aussi grand qu’on voudra (= est d’un très grand prix), de pouvoir partir... || v. quantumvis.
Latin > German (Georges)
quantus-vīs, quantavīs, quantumvīs, beliebig groß, -viel, noch so groß, -viel, quantaevis copiae, jede noch so große Streitmacht, Caes. b. G. 5, 28: portus satis amplus quantaevis classi, jeder Flotte, sie sei auch noch so groß, Liv. 26, 42, 4: videtur esse quantivis pretii, Ter. Andr. 856: servus quantivis preti, Plaut. Epid. 410 G. – Neutr. subst., quantumvis, noch so viel, des quantumvis, nusquam apparet, Plaut. truc. 571: m. folg. Genet., qu. fiduciae capias, Nazar. pan. 19, 5. – Adv. quantumvis, s. bes.
Latin > English
quantusvis ADV :: to as great a degree as you like, as much/long as you like; however; although
