quivis

== Latin == === Etymology === From quī + vīs. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷiː.wiːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷiː.vis] === Pronoun === quīvīs (feminine quaevīs, neuter quidvīs); relative pronoun (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion whoever you will, anyone, anything whatever (you will), whatsoever ==== Declension ==== Relative/interrogative determiner (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion. 1Republican Latin.2Quī is occasionally used as an ablative singular, whence quīcum (“with whom”); it was originally preferred in instrumental meanings. === Determiner === quīvīs (feminine quaevīs, neuter quodvīs); relative/interrogative determiner (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion whichever, whatever (person or thing) ==== Usage notes ==== The pronoun is used in place of a noun, while the determiner is used in place of an adjective (e.g. whichever man, whatever speech). The declensions differ only in the neuter nominative/accusative singular: quidvīs as a pronoun, quodvīs as a determiner. ==== Declension ==== Relative/interrogative determiner (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion. 1Republican Latin.2Quī is occasionally used as an ablative singular, whence quīcum (“with whom”); it was originally preferred in instrumental meanings. ==== Related terms ==== === See also === quamvīs quantumvīs quantusvīs ubivīs utervīs === References === “quivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “quivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “quivis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Noun === quivis plural of quivi