quamvis: Difference between revisions

{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>quam-vīs</b>: adv. and<br /><b>I</b> conj.<br /><b>I</b> Adv., as [[you]] [[will]], as [[much]] as [[you]] [[will]] or [[like]], [[ever]] so [[much]], [[ever]] so; [[hence]], to [[designate]] a [[very]] [[high]] [[degree]], as [[much]] as [[possible]], [[very]] [[much]], [[exceedingly]] ([[class]].): [[quamvis]] multos [[nominatim]] proferre, as [[many]] as [[you]] [[will]], [[very]] [[many]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47: esse [[quamvis]] facetum [[atque]] salsum, id. de Or. 2, 56, 228: [[quamvis]] [[callide]], [[quamvis]] [[audacter]], [[quamvis]] [[impudenter]], id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: [[quamvis]] [[subito]], id. Lael. 5, 17: et [[praeter]] eos [[quamvis]] enumeres multos [[licet]], [[ever]] so [[many]], id. Leg. 3, 10, 24: per populum [[quamvis]] justum et moderatum, id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; 2, 30, 101: [[quamvis]] [[pauci]], Caes. B. G. 4, 2: [[quamvis]] [[pernix]], Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 79: [[ridiculus]], id. Men. 2, 2, 43: [[humanus]] et jocosus [[homo]], Varr. R. R. 2, 5.—With [[sup]].: [[quamvis]] vitiosissimus [[orator]], Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103; Col. 7, 8, 4; 2, 2, 25; 4, 24, 19; Tac. H. 2, 30; 3, 28; Quint. 6, prooem. 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Conj., as [[much]] as [[ever]] [[you]] [[will]], i. e. [[how]] [[much]] [[soever]], [[however]] [[much]], [[although]], [[albeit]]; [[regularly]] joined [[with]] subj. (not so in Livy); [[only]] [[rarely]], and [[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug., [[with]] indic. (v. [[infra]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With subj.: homines, [[quamvis]] in turbidis rebus sint, [[tamen]], etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 39: non [[igitur]] [[potestas]] est cum velis opitulandi rei publicae, [[quamvis]] ea prematur periculis, [[nisi]], etc., id. Rep. 1, 6, 10: [[quamvis]] [[sit]] magna ([[exspectatio]]), [[tamen]] eam vinces, id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.: [[quamvis]] [[prudens]] ad cogitandum sis [[sicut]] es, [[tamen]] [[nisi]], etc., id. Att. 12, 37, 2; and [[with]] this cf.: huc accedit, [[quod]] [[quamvis]] [[ille]] [[felix]] [[sit]] [[sicut]] est, [[tamen]], etc., id. Rosc. Am. 8, 22: ipsas [[quamvis]] angusti [[terminus]] aevi Excipiat ... At [[genus]] immortale manet, Verg. G. 4, 206.— In a [[negative]] [[clause]]: [[senectus]] [[enim]] [[quamvis]] non [[sit]] [[gravis]], Cic. Lael. 3, 11; 26, 97; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23: [[quamvis]] non fueris [[suasor]], Cic. Att. 16, 7, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With indic.: erat [[inter]] eos dignitate regiā, [[quamvis]] carebat nomine, Nep. Milt. 2, 2: [[quamvis]] [[infesto]] [[animo]] et minaci perveneras, Liv. 2, 40, 7; Cels. 1 praef.: [[quamvis]] est [[enim]] [[omnis]] [[hyperbole]] [[ultra]] finem, non [[tamen]] esse debet [[ultra]] modum, Quint. 8, 6, 73: carne [[tamen]] [[quamvis]] distat nil, Hor. S. 2, 2, 29: [[quamvis]] tacet [[Hermogenes]], id. ib. 1, 3, 129; cf. Dillenb. ad Hor. C. 1, 28, 13; Verg. A. 5, 542; Ov. M. 2, 782. In Cic. [[only]] in joining to his [[discourse]] a Lucilian [[verse]] [[beginning]] [[with]] [[quamvis]], Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without a [[verb]], Carm. Marci ap. Fest. s. v. [[negumate]], p. 165 Müll.: res [[bello]] gesserat, [[quamvis]] rei publicae calamitosas, [[attamen]] magnas, Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 116: [[quamvis]] iniqua passi, id. Fam. 7, 3, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 224; Col. 9, 14, 14.

{{Georges

|georg=[[quam]]-vīs, Adv. u. Coni., [[wie]] du willst, so [[sehr]] du willst, [[beliebig]], [[noch]] so [[sehr]], [[noch]] so, I) Adv.: A) im allg.: [[audacter]] qu. dicito, Plaut.: qu. multos [[nominatim]] proferre, [[beliebig]] viele, Cic. – qu. enumeres multos [[licet]], [[noch]] so viele, Cic.: qu. [[longum]] [[tempus]], Liv.: qu. [[diu]], [[beliebig]] [[lange]], Cic. – B) zur Bezeichnung [[des]] [[sehr]] hohen Grades, so [[sehr]] [[wie]] [[möglich]], [[gar]] [[sehr]], α) [[bei]] Adii.: qu. [[humanus]], [[Varro]]: qu. [[ridiculus]], Plaut.: qu. longi sermones, [[wer]] [[weiß]] [[wie]] [[lange]] R., Plaut.: beim Superl., qu. mundissimis tabulis, [[noch]] so reinen, Colum.: qu. acerbissima fata, Quint.: qu. lautissima [[cena]], Plin. ep.: qu. pessimum [[flagitium]], Tac. Vgl. [[Krebs]]-Schmalz Antib.⁷ [[unter]] [[quamvis]]. – β) [[bei]] Advv.: qu. [[facunde]], [[wer]] [[weiß]] [[wie]] [[beredt]], Plaut.: qu. [[copiose]], Cic.: qu. [[callide]], Cic.: qu. [[diu]], [[wer]] [[weiß]] [[wie]] [[lange]], Cic.: qu. [[subito]], jeden [[Augenblick]], Plaut. – II) Coni., so [[sehr]] [[auch]], [[wenn]] [[auch]] [[noch]] so, es mag [[auch]] [[noch]] so [[sehr]], [[deutsch]] gew. [[obgleich]], [[obschon]], gew. m. folg. Coniunctiv, seltener m. dem Indicat., a) m. folg. Coniunctiv: qu. in rebus turbidis sint, Cic.: qu. [[prudens]] [[sis]], [[tamen]] etc., Cic.: in negat. Sätzen, qu. [[non]] fueris [[suasor]], Cic. – [[mit]] [[licet]] verb., [[quamvis]] [[licet]] insectemur illos, Cic. (vgl. Seyffert Cic. Lael. 73). – b) m. Indicat. (s. Fritzsche Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 5, 15): [[quamvis]] patrem suum [[numquam]] viderat, Cic.: [[qui]] [[quamvis]] [[periurus]] erit, Hor.: qu. carebat nomine, Nep.: qu. perveneras, Liv. – c) [[ohne]] [[Verbum]] [[mit]] einem Adi. od. Partic.: [[res]], qu. [[rei]] publicae calamitosas, gesserat, Cic.: qu. iniqua passi, Cic.: tum [[quoque]], [[quamvis]] [[peior]], sola [[tamen]] [[occasio]] [[non]] omittenda est, Cels. 2, 10. p. 53, 38 D.: aliud [[autem]], [[quamvis]] [[non]] [[multum]] distans [[malum]], [[gravedo]] est, Cels. 4, 5 in. (u. so 5, 26, 34): [[nuntio]] [[tibi]] me Ephesum navigasse [[quamvis]] contrariis ventis retentum, Plin. ep. 10, 15 (26).

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