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tam-quam

(tanquam)

adverb

as much as, so as, just as, like as, as if, so to speak
[correl. with sic or ita] just as, in the same way as, as if
[with si, in a hypothetical comparison] as if, just as if
as if, just as if

Abbreviations

tam-quam or tanquam adv., as much as, so as, just as, like as, as if, so to speak: Ge. Nostin eius natum Phaedriam? Da. Tam quam te, T.: repente te tamquam serpens e latibulis intulisti: sensūs in capite tamquam in arce mirifice conlocati sunt.

—Correl. with sic or ita, just as, in the same way as, as if: apud eum ego sic Ephesi fui, tamquam domi meae: ut, tamquam poetae boni solent, sic tu diligentissimus sis: sic tamquam.

— With si, in a hypothetical comparison, as if, just as if: qui tamquam si offusa rei p. sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris: ita me audias, tamquam si mihi quiritanti intervenisses, L.

—As if, just as if (cf. tamquam si, supra): tamquam clausa sit Asia, sic nihil perfertur ad nos: M. Atilium captum in Africā commemorat, tamquam M. Atilius ad Africam offenderit, etc., L.: tamquam regum arcanis interesset, omnia scit, L.