tantundem

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tantusdem: the adjective forms are semi-regularly derived, with the -m of the tantum element assimilated to -n by the following initial d- of the -dem element; the noun is a substantivisation of the adjective’s neuter forms, with the prosentential phrase and adverb both deriving from it.

Pronunciation

Noun

tantundem n (indeclinable)

  1. just so much, just as much, the same amount or quantity

Phrase

tantundem

  1. (pro-sentence) ≈ same difference

Synonyms

Adverb

tantundem (not comparable)

  1. to as great a degree or extent, just as much

Adjective

tantundem

  1. inflection of tantusdem:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter
    2. accusative singular masculine

References

  • “tantundem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • TANTUMDEM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “tantundem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tantumdem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “1,543”
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) the road is the same length: tantundem viae est
  • “tantusdem” on page 1,906/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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