tantundem
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tantusdem: the adjective forms are semi-regularly derived, with the -m of the tantum element assimilated to -n by the following initial d- of the -dem element; the noun is a substantivisation of the adjective’s neuter forms, with the prosentential phrase and adverb both deriving from it.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tanˈtun.dem/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪ʊn̪d̪ɛ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tanˈtun.dem/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪un̪d̪em]
Noun[edit]
tantundem n (indeclinable)
- just so much, just as much, the same amount or quantity
Phrase[edit]
tantundem
- (pro-sentence) ≈ same difference
Synonyms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tantundem (not comparable)
- to as great a degree or extent, just as much
Adjective[edit]
tantundem
- inflection of tantusdem:
References[edit]
- “tantundem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- TANTUMDEM 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)
- “tantundem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tantumdem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “1,543”
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the road is the same length: tantundem viae est
- (ambiguous) the road is the same length: tantundem viae est
- “tantusdem” on page 1,906/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)