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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=tamquam CONJ :: as, just as, just as if; as it were, so to speak; as much as; so as
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>tam-quam</b>: and [[tanquam]], adv.,<br /><b>I</b> as [[much]] as, so as, [[just]] as, [[like]] as, as if, as it were, so to [[speak]], etc.<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: Sa. Esne tu huic [[amicus]]? To. Tamquam di omnes, qui [[caelum]] colunt, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 32: Cu. Serva me. Ph. Tamquam me et genium [[meum]], id. Curc. 5, 2, 29: Ge. Nostin' ejus natum Phaedriam? Da. Tamquam te, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 14: [[quod]] [[video]] [[tibi]] [[etiam]] novum accidisse [[tamquam]] mihi, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5: [[tenebrae]] ibi erant [[tamquam]] nox, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 8: Si. Quālibet perambula [[aedes]] [[oppido]] [[tamquam]] tuas. Th. Tamquam? id. Most. 3, 2, 122: inspicere [[tamquam]] in [[speculum]] in vitas omnium, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61: [[repente]] te [[tamquam]] [[serpens]] e latibulis intulisti, Cic. Vatin. 2, 4: ficta omnia [[celeriter]] [[tamquam]] flosculi decidunt, id. Off. 2, 12, 43: [[sensus]] in capite [[tamquam]] in arce [[mirifice]] conlocati sunt, nam oculi [[tamquam]] speculatores altissimum locum obtinent, id. N. D. 2, 56, 140: sic [[tamquam]] pilam rapiunt [[inter]] se rei publicae statum tyranni ab regibus, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68; 1, 24, 38; id. Sen. 23, 83; id. Lael. 16, 59: commenti sunt, se de terrā [[tamquam]] hos ex arvis musculos exstitisse, id. Rep. 3, 15, 25.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> With a corresp. sic or ita: [[apud]] eum ego sic Ephesi fui, [[quotienscumque]] fui, [[tamquam]] domi meae, Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 1: [[neve]] te obrui [[tamquam]] fluctu, sic magnitudine negotii sinas, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4: ut, [[tamquam]] poetae boni solent, sic tu diligentissimus sis, id. ib. 1, 1, 16, § 46: [[tamquam]] levia quaedam vina [[nihil]] valent in aquā, sic Stoicorum ista [[magis]] gustata [[quam]] potata delectant, id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13: sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios [[motus]] cieri [[tamquam]] in cantu sonos, id. ib. 1, 10, 19: sic [[tamquam]], id. Brut. 18, 71 Orell. N. cr.: si [[potis]] est, [[tamquam]] philosophorum habent disciplinae Vocabula, parasiti ita ut Gnathonici vocentur, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 32: ex vitā ita [[discedo]], [[tamquam]] ex hospitio, non [[tamquam]] e [[domo]], Cic. Sen. 23, 84; cf. also: [[tamquam]], ita, in the foll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With si, in a [[hypothetical]] [[comparison]], as if, [[just]] as if, etc. ([[always]] [[with]] subj.): [[tamquam]] si [[claudus]] sim, cum fusti est ambulandum, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 21: curabitur, Tamquam si [[intus]] [[nemo]] [[natus]] in aedibus habitet, id. Most. 2, 1, 55: [[tamquam]] si emeris me argento, [[liber]] servibo [[tibi]], id. Men. 5, 9, 42: qui [[tamquam]] si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91; id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2: qui, [[tamquam]] si [[arma]] militis inspiciunda sunt, ita probet armatum, id. Caecin. 21, 61: ut istum, [[tamquam]] si esset [[consul]], salutarent, id. Phil. 2, 41, 106; id. Div. 2, 64, 131: ita me audias, [[tamquam]] si mihi quiritanti intervenisses, Liv. 40, 9, 7: [[tamquam]] si tua res agatur, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 7: Plancum ... sic condemnit, [[tamquam]] si [[illi]] [[aqua]] et igni [[interdictum]] [[sit]], id. Phil. 6, 4, 10.—Without [[verb]]: id cum dixerat, universi, [[tamquam]] si deo, libentes parebant, Gell. 15, 22, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Sometimes [[tamquam]] [[alone]], [[without]] si, is joined [[immediately]] to a conditional [[clause]] of [[comparison]], as if, [[just]] as if: [[tamquam]] clausa [[sit]] [[Asia]], sic [[nihil]] perfertur ad nos, Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1: [[tamquam]] ceteris non [[sit]] habitura [[quod]] largiatur, id. Inv. 2, 1, 3: M. Atilium Captum in [[Africa]] commemorat, [[tamquam]] M. [[Atilius]] ad Africam offenderit, etc., Liv. 28, 43, 17; 45, 23, 12; 10, 34, 5; 29, 22, 1: [[quod]] a quibusdam sic accipi potest, [[tamquam]] haec [[sententia]] priori diversa [[sit]], Quint. 2, 3, 10; 2, 1, 12: qui ita dicunt, [[tamquam]] [[inter]] duas leges quaeratur, id. 7, 4, 42; Cic. Brut. 1, 5: [[tamquam]] regum arcanis interesset, omnia scit, Liv. 41, 24, 3: [[tamquam]] de [[regno]] dimicaretur, ita concurrerunt, id. 40, 6, 6: [[tamquam]] non [[idem]] [[ubique]] di immortales sint, sed, etc., id. 42, 3, 9: ceteri, [[tamquam]] ita [[necesse]] [[sit]], sequuntur, Quint. 12, 10, 5: [[tamquam]] nesciamus, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154; Petr. 106.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> For [[instance]], for [[example]] ([[post]]-Aug.): quaedam secunda ... [[tamquam]] tormentorum [[patientia]], etc., Sen. Ep. 66, 5; 65, 8; id. Contr. 1, praef. § 23; 1, 8, 14: ut non aliquos progeneret, [[tamquam]] piros silvestres et prunos, Col. 3, 11, 5; Front. Aquaed. 87.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>tamquam</b>⁶ <b>([[tanquam]])</b>, adv.,<br /><b>1</b> comme, de même que : Pl., Ter. ; ficta [[omnia]] [[celeriter]] [[tamquam]] flosculi decidunt Cic. Off. 2, 43, tout ce qui [[est]] feint passe aussi promptement que les fleurs, cf. Cic. CM 83 ; Nat. 2, 140 ; Rep. 1, 39 ; 1, 68 ; 3, 25 &#124;&#124; [en corrél. avec [[sic]] ou [[ita]] ] : [[sic]] Ephesi fui... [[tamquam]] [[domi]] meæ Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 1, j’ai été à Éphèse comme chez moi, Cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 19 ; [[tamquam]]... [[sic]] Cic. Q. 1, 1, 4 ; 1, 1, 46 ; Tusc. 5, 13 ; CM 36, de même que... de même ; [[ita]]... [[tamquam]] Cic. CM 84, de même que ; [[tamquam]]... [[ita]] Cic. Nat. 2, 125, de même que... de même<br /><b>2</b> pour ainsi [[dire]] : dare [[tamquam]] ansas ad reprehendendum Cic. Læl. 59, donner pour ainsi [[dire]] des anses à la critique [prêter le flanc], cf. Cic. Læl. 45 ; Off. 1, 15<br /><b>3</b> [[tamquam]] si et subj., comme si : [[tamquam]] si tua [[res]] agatur Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 7, comme s’il s’agissait de tes intérêts, cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 106 ; [[sic]]... [[tamquam]] si Cic. Phil. 6, 10 ; [[ita]]... [[tamquam]] si Liv. 40, 9, 7, comme si &#124;&#124; [[tamquam]] si..., [[ita]] Cic. Cæc. 61, comme si..., ainsi, cf. Cic. Amer. 91 ; Q. 3, 2, 2 &#124;&#124; [[tamquam]] seul et subj., comme si : Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1 ; Inv. 2, 3 ; Br. 5 ; Liv. 10, 34, 5 ; 28, 43, 17 ; 29, 22, 1 &#124;&#124; dans la pensée que : Tac. Agr. 25, 2 ; H. 1, 8, etc.<br /><b>4</b> par exemple : Col. Rust. 3, 11, 5 ; Sen. Ep. 65, 8 ; 66, 5.
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{{Georges
|georg=[[tam]]-[[quam]] ([[tanquam]]), Adv., I) vergleichend, a) übh., so [[sehr]] [[als]], so [[wie]], [[als]], [[wie]], [[gleichwie]], [[wie]] [[wenn]], [[auch]] [[gleichsam]], [[gloria]] virtutem [[tamquam]] [[umbra]] sequitur, Cic.: [[apud]] [[eum]] [[sic]] fui, [[tamquam]] [[domi]] meae, Cic.: [[ita]] [[discedo]], [[tamquam]] ex hospitio, Cic.: essem [[tamquam]] [[prodigus]], [[gleichsam]], so zu [[sagen]], Cic. – [[mit]] folg. [[sic]] [[oder]] [[ita]], zB. [[tamquam]] [[bona]] [[valetudo]] iucundior est, [[sic]] etc., [[gleichwie]], Cic.: [[tamquam]] poëtae solent, [[sic]] tu etc., Cic.: [[mit]] folg. [[item]], Ter. – dah. [[tamquam]] si, [[gleich]] [[als]] [[wenn]], [[tamquam]] si tua [[res]] agatur, Cic.: u. so bl. [[tamquam]], [[tamquam]] [[clausa]] sit [[Asia]], [[als]] [[wenn]], [[gleich]] [[als]] [[wenn]], Cic. – b) [[wie]] = zum [[Beispiel]], ut [[non]] aliquos progeneret, [[tamquam]] piros silvestres et prunos, Colum. 3, 11, 5: u. so Sen. contr. 1. praef. § 23 u. 1, 8, 14. Sen. ep. 65, 8 u. 66, 5. Frontin. aqu. 87. – II) kausal, zur [[Angabe]] [[einer]] fremden [[Ansicht]] od. [[Aussage]], [[als]] [[wenn]], [[weil]] [[angeblich]] s. [[Nipperd]]. Tac. ann. 3, 72), [[simul]] laudibus Seianum extulit, [[tamquam]] labore vigilantiāque [[eius]] tanta [[vis]] unum [[intra]] [[damnum]] stetisset, Tac.: [[utraque]] [[classis]] [[postero]] die [[luce]] primā, [[tamquam]] eo die pugnatura, e portu movit, Liv. – / Die Schreibungen [[tamquam]] u. [[tanquam]] [[gleich]] [[gut]] [[beglaubigt]]; [[tanquam]] [[auch]] inschriftlich, zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 5050, 34 u. 37.
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