Latin

Adverb

quamvīs ‎(not comparable)

1. as much (as you like), however
   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanes 2.42

     Ut ager, quamvis fertilis, sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest, sic sine doctrina animus.

     Just as the field, however fertile, without cultivation cannot be fruitful, likewise the soul without education.

2. everso
3. although

References

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