tamquam

Latin

Etymology

From tam + quam.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.kʷam/, [ˈtaŋ.kʷã]

Adverb

tamquam (not comparable)

  1. as much as, so as, just as
  2. as if, so to speak

References
  • tamquam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tamquam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tamquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the elements and first beginnings: elementa et tamquam semina rerum
    • I felt quite at home in his house: apud eum sic fui tamquam domi meae (Fam. 13. 69)
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