LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
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

  1. adjectivejust as great or large, just as much or many, just as extensive or imposing, just as grand or important, etc.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetantusdemtantademtantundem
tantumdem
genitivetantīdemtantaedemtantīdem
dativetantōdemtantaedemtantōdem
accusativetantundem
tantumdem
tantandem
tantamdem
tantundem
tantumdem
ablativetantōdemtantādemtantōdem
vocativetantedemtantademtantundem
tantumdem
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetantīdemtantaedemtantadem
genitivetantōrundem
tantōrumdem
tantārundem
tantārumdem
tantōrundem
tantōrumdem
dativetantīsdemtantīsdemtantīsdem
accusativetantōsdemtantāsdemtantadem
ablativetantīsdemtantīsdemtantīsdem
vocativetantīdemtantaedemtantadem

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.

Origins

From tantus + -dem.

Quick answers

What does tantusdem mean in Latin?
tantusdem, a adjective, means “just as great or large, just as much or many, just as extensive or imposing, just as grand or important, etc.”.
How do you pronounce tantusdem?
In classical Latin, [tanˈtʊs.dẽː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tanˈtuz.dem].