Etymology

Derived from quantus (“how much”) +‎ -cumque (indefinite suffix)Category:Latin terms suffixed with -cumque#QUANTUSCUMQUE.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷan.tʊsˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#QUANTUSCUMQUECategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#QUANTUSCUMQUE
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷan.tusˈkum.kʷe]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#QUANTUSCUMQUECategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#QUANTUSCUMQUE

Adjective

quantuscumque (feminine quantacumque, neuter quantumcumque)Category:Latin lemmas#QUANTUSCUMQUECategory:Latin adjectives#QUANTUSCUMQUECategory:Latin first and second declension adjectives#QUANTUSCUMQUECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#QUANTUSCUMQUECategory:Pages with entries#QUANTUSCUMQUECategory:Pages with 1 entry#QUANTUSCUMQUE; first/second-declension adjective with an indeclinable portion

1. (with a subjunctive verb) however great

   Quantacumque sit eius memoria, multa tamen obliviscitur. ― However great his memory may be, he still forgets many things.Category:Latin terms with usage examples#QUANTUSCUMQUE

2. (with a subjunctive verb) however little

References

• “quantuscumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quantuscumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “quantuscumque”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.