tamquam
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtan.kʷam/, [ˈt̪äŋkʷä̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.kwam/, [ˈt̪äŋkwäm]
Adverb
tamquam (not comparable)
- as much as, so as, just as
- 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[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)
- the elements and first beginnings: elementa et tamquam semina rerum