quantum sufficit

American  

[kwahn-toom soof-i-kit, kwon-tuhm suhf-uh-sit] / ˈkwɑn tʊm ˈsuf ɪ kɪt, ˈkwɒn təm ˈsʌf ə sɪt /

adverb

Latin.

1. as much as suffices; enough.

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Example Sentences

Certum enim est nos mandata servare, si volumus; sed quia praeparatur voluntas a Domino, ab illo petendum est, ut tantum velimus quantum sufficit, ut volendo faciamus.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

He had just "quantum sufficit" for this purpose, and none to spare.

From Ellen Walton The Villain and His Victims by Addison, Alvin

In days of yore, the gentlemen of the thimble gave us plenty of stay-tape and buckram; the gentlemen of the quill still give us a quantum sufficit of hard words and parenthesis.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

After due inquiry, and a quantum sufficit of preaching on probation, they decided on giving a call to Parson Brocklebank.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

Remember, Ned, his brain is made of finer stuff than that stolid sponge inside your pia mater, that can take in quantum sufficit of beer, fog, and tobacco-smoke, unharmed.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various