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Latin
Etymology
From tam + quam.
Pronunciation
Adverb
tamquam (not comparable)
- as much as, so as, just as
- 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, 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)