tantum

Latin

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of tantus. Compare with tam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tum/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tum/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪um]

Adverb

tantum (not comparable)

1. so much, to such a degree (so greatly, so little)

   Synonyms: eō, adeō, tam, tantopere

2. (when coupled with quantum) as much of […] as

   da mihi tantum aquae quantum vini ― give me as much of water as wine

3. only, alone, merely, but

   Synonyms: modo, sōlum

Derived terms

• plūrāle tantum
• singulāre tantum
• alterum tantum (“again as much”)
• *eccum tantum

Descendants

• Catalan: tant
• Dalmatian: tuant
• Old French: tant ⇒ tant amount
  • French: tant ⇒ autant, pourtant
  • → English: tantamount
• Friulian: tant
• Italian: tanto
• Megleno-Romanian: tăntu
• Piedmontese: tant
• Portuguese: tanto
• Spanish: tanto

Adjective

tantum

1. inflection of tantus:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

• “tantum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tantum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tantum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tantum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) this much is certain: hoc (not tantum) certum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to take only enough food to support life: tantum cibi et potionis adhibere quantum satis est
    
  • (ambiguous) I will only say this much..: tantum or unum illud or hoc dico
    
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