tamquam

Latin

Etymology

From tam +‎ quam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtam.kʷam/, [ˈt̪äŋkʷä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtam.kwam/, [ˈt̪ämkwäm]

Adverb

tamquam (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: velut, quasi, sīcut, ut

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^[1], 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)