In the one occurrence of it in classical Latin, the context plainly shows that it means shape, form: omnia principiorum formamenta queunt in quovis esse nitore, Lucr.
Footnote 433: "Ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat" is one of the proverbs in the "Adagia" of Erasmus.
There is given a second legend of some importance reading, "Tabula continens quantum quovis proposito anno vel addendum vel demendum sit longitudini affixarum.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quovis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
