quovis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷoː.u̯iːs/, [ˈkʷoːu̯iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwo.vis/, [ˈkwɔːvis]

Etymology 1

Either from quīvīs or formed from quō (“whither”, adverb) +‎ vīs (“thou wantest or wishest”, verb).

Adverb

quōvīs (not comparable)

1. to anywhere whatsoever, anywhither, whithersoever

References

• “quōvīs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quōvīs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,308/3.
• “quōuīs” on page 1,570 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Declined forms of quīvīs.

Pronoun

quōvīs

1. ablative masculine/neuter singular of quīvīs

Determiner

quōvīs

1. ablative masculine/neuter singular of quīvīs