adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion
tantusdem
tantusdem (feminine tantadem, neuter tantundem or tantumdem)
Classical[tanˈtʊs.dẽː]Ecclesiastical[tanˈtuz.dem]
Meaning
- adjectivejust as great or large, just as much or many, just as extensive or imposing, just as grand or important, etc.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tantusdem | tantadem | tantundem tantumdem |
| genitive | tantīdem | tantaedem | tantīdem |
| dative | tantōdem | tantaedem | tantōdem |
| accusative | tantundem tantumdem | tantandem tantamdem | tantundem tantumdem |
| ablative | tantōdem | tantādem | tantōdem |
| vocative | tantedem | tantadem | tantundem tantumdem |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tantīdem | tantaedem | tantadem |
| genitive | tantōrundem tantōrumdem | tantārundem tantārumdem | tantōrundem tantōrumdem |
| dative | tantīsdem | tantīsdem | tantīsdem |
| accusative | tantōsdem | tantāsdem | tantadem |
| ablative | tantīsdem | tantīsdem | tantīsdem |
| vocative | tantīdem | tantaedem | tantadem |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- tantundem viae est
- the road is the same length.
tantus-dem, tantădem, tantundem, adj.,
I. just so great or large, as great (as an adj. rare, but freq. and class. in the neutr. as a subst.).
I. Adj.:
malo bene facere tantundem est periculum, Quantum bono male facere, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 20: cum ita legatum esset: Titia uxor mea tantandem partem habeat, quantulam unus heres, Dig. 32, 1, 29: quia forte tantandem pecuniam Titio debuit, ib. 2, 14, 30; so, si postea tantandem summam a domino mutuatus sit, ib. 15, 3, 10 fin.: tantidem ponderis petitio est, ib. 19, 5, 26 init.—II. Neutr. absol.
A. tantundem (tantumdem), just so much, just as much:
magistratibus tantundem detur in cellam, quantum semper datum est, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 201: deinde qui morte ejus tantundem capiat, quantum omnes heredes, id. Leg. 2, 19, 48: fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit, ut ejus solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distabant, Caes. B. G. 7, 72: ego tantundem scio, quantum tu, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 48: si tibi subiti nihil est, tantundem'st mihi, id. ib. 4, 4, 36: tantundem argenti, quantum miles debuit, Dedit huic, id. Ps. 4, 7, 64; 4, 7, 109: tantundem apud posteros meruit bonae famae, quantum malae, Tac. H. 2, 50: aquae tantundem, Plin. 32, 9, 37, § 112: nam pol hinc tantundem accipies, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 14; Cic. Att. 12, 35, 2: erat vallus in altitudinem pedum decem: tantundem ejus valli agger in latitudinem patebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 63: dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, Hor. S. 1, 1, 52; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 56; 2, 3, 237: nec vincet ratio, tantundem ut peccet idemque, Qui teneros caules alieni fregerit horti, Et qui, etc., id. ib. 1, 3, 115: undique ad inferos tantundem viae est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 104: non tamen interpres tantundem juveris, Hor. S. 2, 4, 91: virium atque impetus non tantundem exigunt, Quint. 6, 2, 10: tantundem valent, id. 1, 5, 4: tantumdem in utrosque licere fortunae, Sen. Ep. 47, 1: tantundem praetor facit et de his, Dig. 26, 7, 3.— B. Gen. (of price) tantīdem (i scanned short, Varr. ap. Non. 480, 31):
tantidem emptum postulat sibi tradier, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45: voluntatem decurionum ac municipum omnium tantidem, quanti fidem suam, fecit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 115: tantidem quasi feta canes sine dentibu' latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.); cf.: decrepitus senex tantidem est, quasi sit signum pictum in pariete, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 4: tantidem ille illi rursus iniciat manum, id. Pers. 1, 2, 18.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(tantus-dem) see tantundem.
Origins
From tantus + -dem.