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.