aliquantisper

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of aliquantīs (“of some length or another”, abl. pl.) +‎ -per (“through”), originally a postpositional phrase.

Adverb

aliquantīsper (not comparable)

  1. for a moderate period of time; for a while, for a time, for some time
    • ~170 BCE, Caecilius Statius, Fallacia 511, 27:
      Nonius: Nam si illi, postquam rem paternam amiserant, egestate aliquantisper iactati forent...
      Nonius: For if they were to be flung about for a while by want after they had squandered their heritage...

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