quantus

From Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts (“how much, how many”), from *kʷíh₂, neuter plural of *kʷís. Cognate with Ashkun ćīt, Waigali kiti, Sanskrit कियत् (kiyat), Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷan.tus/, [ˈkʷän̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.tus/, [ˈkwän̪t̪us]

Adjective

quantus (feminine quanta, neuter quantum); first/second-declension adjective

1. how much, how many
2. how big
3. as much as, as

Usage notes

• Being an adjective in its most basic function, quantus was then used substantively as quantum (with genitive) to mean "as much of...as"; as quantī (pretiī) to mean "how high (a price)", "as high (a price) as", "how dear", "as dear as"; adverbially as quantum to mean "as much as" (cf. quam); as quantō to mean "by how much", "by as much as". For all these tantus has its coordinate functions.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quantus	quanta	quantum		quantī	quantae	quanta
Genitive	quantī	quantae	quantī		quantōrum	quantārum	quantōrum
Dative	quantō		quantō		quantīs
Accusative	quantum	quantam	quantum		quantōs	quantās	quanta
Ablative	quantō	quantā	quantō		quantīs
Vocative	quante	quanta	quantum		quantī	quantae	quanta

Coordinate terms

• tantus

Derived terms

• quantitās
• quantopere
• quantulus
• quantusvīs