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|lnetxt=tantus tanta, tantum ADJ :: of such size; so great, so much; [tantus ... quantus => as much ... as]
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|lshtext=<b>tantus</b>: a, um, adj. perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so [[great]]; Gr. [[τέως]],> i. e. τεϝως.<br /><b>I</b> Of [[such]] [[size]] or [[measure]], so [[great]] in [[amount]], [[extent]], [[value]], [[degree]], etc. (as [[some]] [[standard]] expressed or understood); [[usually]] [[with]] a foll. [[quantus]], ut, qui, or absol.; [[rarely]] [[quam]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[quantus]]: nullam (contionem) [[umquam]] vidi tantam, quanta [[nunc]] vestrum est, Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18: quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus, id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29: est alienum tanto viro, [[quantus]] es tu, non posse, etc., id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1: tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, [[quantum]] fuit diei [[spatium]], Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.: [[quamquam]] Demaden continua dicendi [[exercitatio]] potuerit [[tantum]], [[quantuluscumque]] [[postea]] fuit, fecisse, Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Denoting [[result]] or [[consequence]]; [[with]] subj.: tanta erat operis [[firmitudo]], ut, etc., Caes. B G 4, 17: non fuit [[tantus]] [[homo]] Sex. [[Roscius]] in civitate, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125; unum hoc [[definio]], tantam esse necessitatem virtutis ... ut, etc., id. Rep. 1, 1, 1: [[quod]] ego [[tantum]] [[nefas]] commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes? Curt. 4, 10, 29: [[quod]] [[tantum]] cogitavi [[nefas]], ut dignior Philotas me videretur? id. 6, 7, 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Denoting [[comparison]]: tantā modestiā [[dicto]] [[audiens]] fuit, ut si [[privatus]] esset, Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With rel. qui, etc.: [[cave]] putes aut [[mare]] ullum aut flammam esse tantam, [[quam]] non facilius [[sit]] sedare [[quam]], etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65: statuerunt, [[tantum]] illud esse [[maleficium]], [[quod]], etc., id. Sull. 2, 7: nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit, id. Marcell. 3, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5: tanta factis [[modo]] mira miris modis, etc., id. Cas. 3, 5, 5: qui [[tantus]] [[natu]] deorum nescis nomina, id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15: [[neque]] [[solum]] in tantis rebus, sed [[etiam]] in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, id. Rep. 1, 3, 4: tantilla tanta verba funditat, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56: ne tantae nationes conjugantur, Caes. B. G. 3, 11: [[onus]], id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum [[atque]] tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15: non [[idem]] [[sentio]] tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri, id. de Or 2, 20, 84: qui tantas et tam [[infinitas]] pecunias repudiarit, id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24: tot tantaque vitia, id. Verr 1, 16, 47: quae faceres in hominem [[tantum]] et talem, id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.: conservare urbes tantas [[atque]] tales, id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so [[too]], [[with]] [[talis]], id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71: tanta ista [[mala]], Sall. C. 40, 2; Liv 31, 9: [[neque]] tanto tractu se colligit [[anguis]], Verg. G. 2, 154: tantorum ingentia [[septem]] Terga boum, id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1: sexcenta tanta reddam, si [[vivo]], [[tibi]], [[six]] [[hundred]] times as [[much]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so, sexcenta tanta, id. Ps. 2, 2, 37: [[tribus]] tantis [[illi]] [[minus]] redit [[quam]] obseveris, [[three]] times as [[much]] [[less]], id. Trin. 2, 4, 129: jam non [[quaero]], [[unde]] tantam Melitensem vestem habueris, [[such]] a [[great]] [[quantity]] of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183: si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem [[mens]] humana possidet, Lact. 1, 3, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[quam]]: maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me [[tantum]] cepisse timorem, Quam, etc., Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. [[infra]], B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.: [[tantus]] [[ille]] ventorum, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, [[ventus]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp. in [[phrase]] tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one [[word]], tantŏpĕre, so [[greatly]], in so [[high]] a [[degree]], so [[very]], etc. ([[class]]. and freq.): [[cur]] tanto opere extimueras? Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.: si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant, Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an [[inverted]] [[order]]: mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., so [[many]] ( = tot; [[mostly]] [[poet]].): tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes, Val. Fl. 5, 636: lamentabile tantis urbibus, Stat. Th. 11, 160: [[legatum]] valet in tantos quanti inveniantur, Dig. 30, 1, 65.—Sing.: [[numquam]] tanto se [[vulture]] [[caelum]] Induit, Luc. 7, 834. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Neutr. absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[tantum]], so [[much]], so [[many]]: habere [[tantum]] molestiae [[quantum]] gloriae...ut [[tantum]] nobis, [[quantum]] ipsi superesse posset, remitteret, Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7: [[decutio]] argenti [[tantum]], [[quantum]] mihi [[lubet]], Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4: iis adposuit [[tantum]], [[quod]] [[satis]] esset, nullo adparatu, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: [[tantum]] complectitur, [[quod]] [[satis]] [[sit]] modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: eo indito cumini fricti [[tantum]], [[quod]] oleat, [[Cato]], R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: [[tantum]] [[quod]], s. v. [[tantum]], adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et [[mille]] Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec [[tantum]] [[Karthago]] habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.): cum [[tantum]] belli in manibus esset, Liv. 4, 57, 1: sed [[quid]] hic [[tantum]] hominum incedunt? Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5: [[tantum]] hostium [[intra]] muros est, Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.: [[sexies]] [[tantum]], [[quam]] [[quantum]] [[satum]] [[sit]], Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.: [[etiamsi]] alterum [[tantum]] perdundum est, perdam, etc., Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. [[alter]]): [[tantum]] ... dum, Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.: [[tantum]] [[modo]] ... dum, Sall. J. 53, 3: [[tantum]] abest, ut, etc. (v. [[absum]]). —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In [[colloquial]] lang.: [[tantum]] est, [[that]] is all, [[nothing]] [[more]], etc.: vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete, Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid [[amplius]]? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gen. (of [[price]]) tanti: tanti, quanti poscit, [[vin']] tanti illam emi? Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.: tanti est, quanti est [[fungus]] [[putidus]], it is [[worth]] as [[much]] as, is [[worth]] no [[more]] [[than]], id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23: [[frumentum]] tanti fuit, quanti [[iste]] aestimavit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194: ubi me dixero [[dare]] tanti, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49: [[graviter]] increpuit, tanti habitare censorem, in so [[costly]] a [[house]], Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be [[worth]] so [[much]]; to be [[valued]], prized, or [[esteemed]] so [[highly]]; to be of [[such]] [[consequence]] or [[importance]]: tanti ejus [[apud]] se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1: hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc., Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, [[Quirites]], hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, [[dummodo]] a [[vobis]] hujus belli [[periculum]] depellatur, it is [[worth]] this [[price]] to me, i. e. I [[esteem]] it a [[light]] [[thing]], Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.: sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), [[dummodo]], id. ib. 1, 9, 22: [[etsi]] id [[quidem]] non tanti est, [[quam]] [[quod]] [[propter]] eosdem, etc., id. Mil. 22, 58: juratus [[tibi]] [[possum]] dicere, [[nihil]] esse tanti, etc., id. Att. 2, 13, 2: cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones), Quint. 12, 8, 4: sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti, Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Abl. ([[with]] comparatives) tantō, by so [[much]], so [[much]] the: [[quanto]] erat in [[dies]] gravior [[oppugnatio]], tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur, Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.: [[quantum]] opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius, id. B. C. 1, 81: tanto major vis, [[quanto]] recentior, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133: reperietis quinquies tanto [[amplius]] istum [[quam]] [[quantum]], etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225: tantone minoris decumae venierunt [[quam]] fuerunt? id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt [[inter]] se [[quam]] [[prius]], [[twice]] as [[much]], [[twice]] as [[good]], δὶς τόσῳ,> Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62: bis tanto pluris, id. Men. 4, 3, 6: ter tanto pejor, id. Pers. 1, 3, 73: [[multo]] tanto miserior, id. Rud. 2, 6, 37: si [[Cleomenes]] non tanto [[ante]] fugisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89: [[post]] tanto, Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely [[with]] verbs denoting [[comparison]]: tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to [[populus]] Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes, Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.: doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc., Nep. Epam. 2, 2.—Poet. [[with]] [[sup]].: tanto [[pessimus]] omnium poëta, Quanto tu [[optimus]] omnium [[patronus]], Cat. 49, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In [[colloquial]] lang.: tanto [[melior]]! so [[much]] the [[better]]! [[well]] done! [[good]]! [[excellent]]! [[bravo]]! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc [[argentum]]. Sa. Tanto [[melior]]! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31; so [[too]]: tanto [[melior]], Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3: tanto [[hercle]] [[melior]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38: tanto major! tanto augustior! [[how]] [[great]]! [[how]] [[noble]]! Plin. [[Pan]]. 71, 4: tanto [[nequior]]! so [[much]] the [[worse]]! [[that]] is [[bad]]! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so, tanto miserior, id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[tantum]], so [[far]], so [[much]], to [[such]] a [[degree]], so [[greatly]]: danti in [[tantum]] producenda [[notitia]] est muneris sui, in [[quantum]] delectatura est eum, cui datur, Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1: quaedam aquae [[fervent]] in [[tantum]], ut non possint esse usui, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in [[tantum]] deprimere, [[donec]] altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9: in [[tantum]] suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse, Liv. 22, 27.<br /><b>II</b> Since [[tantus]] conveys [[only]] the [[idea]] of [[relative]] [[greatness]], it [[may]] also be used ([[with]] a foll. ut) to [[denote]] a [[small]] [[amount]], [[degree]], [[extent]], etc.; [[hence]], of [[such]] a [[quantity]] or [[quality]], [[such]], so [[small]], so [[slight]] or [[trivial]]; in the neutr., so [[little]], so [[few]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si [[bellum]] [[tantum]] erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: praesidii [[tantum]] est, ut ne [[murus]] [[quidem]] cingi possit, Caes. B. G. 6, 35: [[tantum]] navium, id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, [[tantum]], adv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> So [[much]], so [[greatly]], to [[such]] a [[degree]], so: [[tantum]], [[quantum]] [[quis]] fuge, as [[quickly]] as [[possible]], Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94: de quo [[tantum]], [[quantum]] me amas, velim cogites, Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1: id [[tantum]] abest ab [[officio]], ut, etc., so [[far]], id. Off. 1, 14, 43: rex [[tantum]] auctoritate ejus [[motus]] est, ut, etc., Nep. Con. 4, 1: [[tantum]] [[progressus]] a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret, Liv. 37, 39, 6: tantumque ibi [[moratus]], dum, etc., so [[long]], id. 27, 42, 13: [[tantum]] ad narrandum [[argumentum]] adest [[benignitas]], Plaut. Men. prol. 16: ne miremini, quā ratione hic [[tantum]] [[apud]] istum [[libertus]] potuerit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: nullo [[tantum]] se [[Mysia]] cultu Jactat, Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): nec [[tantum]] [[dulcia]], [[quantum]] Et liquida, Verg. G. 4, 101: juventus Non [[tantum]] Veneris [[quantum]] studiosa culinae, Hor. S. 2, 5, 80: [[tantum]] [[dissimilis]], id. ib. 2, 3, 313: [[Marius]] [[quantum]] [[bello]] [[optimus]], [[tantum]] [[pace]] [[pessimus]], Vell. 2, 11, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to [[tantus]], II.; and [[therefore]], [[prop]]., [[only]] so [[much]], so [[little]]; [[hence]]) Only, [[alone]], [[merely]], [[but]]: [[tantum]] monet, [[quantum]] intellegit, [[only]] so [[much]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44: [[tantum]] in latitudinem patebat, [[quantum]] loci [[acies]] instructa occupare poterat, Caes. B. G. 2, 8: [[quod]] haec [[tantum]], [[quantum]] sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11: Socratem [[tantum]] de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16: [[nomen]] [[tantum]] virtutis usurpas, id. Par. 2, 17: dixit [[tantum]]: [[nihil]] ostendit, [[nihil]] protulit, id. Fl. 15, 34: [[notus]] mihi nomine [[tantum]], Hor. S. 1, 9, 3: [[apte]] dicere non elocutionis [[tantum]] genere [[constat]], sed, etc., Quint. 11, 1, 7; so, non [[tantum]] ... sed, id. 9, 3, 28: nec [[tantum]] ... sed ([[etiam]]), id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So [[with]] [[unus]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.; [[once]] in Cic.): excepit unum [[tantum]]: scire se [[nihil]] se scire, [[nihil]] [[amplius]], Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74: unum [[flumen]] [[tantum]] intererat, Caes. B. C. 3, 19: unum defuisse [[tantum]] superbiae, Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Strengthened by [[modo]], and also joined [[with]] it in one [[word]], tantummŏdo (freq. and [[class]].; [[whereas]] [[solummodo]] is [[only]] [[post]]-Aug., v. h. v.): homines [[populariter]] annum [[tantummodo]] solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur, Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24: ut [[tantummodo]] per [[stirpes]] alantur suas, id. N. D. 2, 32, 81: cum [[tantummodo]] potestatem gustandi feceris, id. Rep. 2, 28, 51: [[omnis]] ea judicatio versatur [[tantummodo]] in nomine, id. ib. 4, 6, 6: pedites [[tantummodo]] umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent), Caes. B. C. 1, 62: velis [[tantummodo]], [[you]] [[have]] [[only]] to [[wish]] it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54: unum hoc [[tantummodo]], [[neque]] [[praeterea]] [[quicquam]], etc., Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.: [[neque]] eum oratorem [[tantummodo]], sed hominem non putant, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52: [[neque]] e silvis [[tantummodo]] [[promota]] [[castra]], sed [[etiam]] ... in campos delata [[acies]], Liv. 9, 37, 2: Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos [[tantummodo]] veteres socios, sed [[etiam]] ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem, id. 21, 32, 4; so, non [[tantummodo]] ... sed [[etiam]], Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124: non [[tantummodo]] ... sed ... [[quoque]], Vell. 2, 110, 5: non [[tantummodo]] ... [[verum]] [[etiam]], Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non ... [[tantum]], [[with]] ellips. of sed, not [[only]] ([[but]] [[much]] [[more]]), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.: rem atrocem nec [[tantum]] epistulā dignam, Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Particular phrases.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. μόνον οὐκ,> to [[point]] [[out]] an [[action]] as [[only]] not, i. e. [[very]] [[nearly]], completed, [[almost]], all [[but]], [[very]] [[nearly]] (perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads [[tantummodo]]): cum [[agger]] [[promotus]] ad urbem vineaeque [[tantum]] non jam injunctae moenibus essent, Liv. 5, 7, 2: [[tantum]] non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse, id. 34, 40, 5: [[tantum]] non ad portam [[bellum]] esse, id. 25, 15, 1: videt Romanos [[tantum]] non jam circumveniri a dextro [[cornu]], id. 37, 29, 9: cum hostes [[tantum]] non arcessierint, id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.: [[tantum]] non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit, Suet. Tib. 11: [[tantum]] non [[statim]] a funere, id. ib. 52: [[tantum]] non summam malorum suorum [[professus]] est, id. ib. 66: [[tantum]] non in ipso ejus consulatu, id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in [[many]] cases non belongs to the [[verb]], and not to [[tantum]]: [[tantum]] non cunctandum [[neque]] cessandum esse, [[only]] [[there]] [[must]] be no [[delay]], Liv. 35, 18, 8: [[dictator]] [[bello]] ita [[gesto]], ut [[tantum]] non defuisse fortunae videretur, id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.: ut qui per haec vicit, [[tantum]] non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat, Quint. 6, 2, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Tantum [[quod]], denoting [[immediate]] [[nearness]] in [[point]] of [[time]], [[only]], [[just]], [[but]] [[just]], [[just]] [[then]], [[hardly]], [[scarcely]] ([[class]].): [[tantum]] [[quod]] ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1: [[tantum]] [[quod]] ultimam imposuerat Pannonico [[bello]] [[Caesar]] manum, cum, etc., Vell. 2, 117, 1: haec cum scriberem, [[tantum]] [[quod]] existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam, Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7: [[navis]] Alexandrina, quae [[tantum]] [[quod]] appulerat, Suet. Aug. 98: [[natus]] est XVIII. Cal. Jan. [[tantum]] [[quod]] oriente [[sole]], id. Ner. 6: [[tantum]] [[quod]] pueritiam egresso, id. Aug. 63: dentem [[tantum]] [[quod]] exemptum, id. Vesp. 5 ([[but]] in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the [[quod]] belongs not to [[tantum]], [[but]] to the [[following]] [[verb]]): [[tantum]] [[alone]] = [[tantum]] [[quod]], Verg. E. 6, 16. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Tantum [[quod]] non, [[only]] [[that]] not, [[nothing]] is [[wanting]] [[but]]: [[tantum]] [[quod]] hominem non nominat: causam [[quidem]] totam perscribit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116.
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|gf=<b>tantus</b>,⁵ a, um, démonstratif de quantité, de grandeur,<br /><b>1</b> de [[cette]] quantité, de [[cette]] grandeur, aussi grand : [[quattuor]] robustos filios, [[quinque]] filias, tantam domum, tantas clientelas regebat Cic. CM 37, quatre fils dans la vigueur de l’âge, cinq filles, une maison de [[cette]] importance, une clientèle si considérable, voilà ce qu’il gouvernait ; urbes tantas et tales conservare Cic. Nat. 3, 92, conserver des villes de [[cette]] importance et de [[cette]] qualité, si grandes et si belles ; [[tot]] tantaque vitia Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 47, tant de [[vices]] si graves ; in hominem [[tantum]] et talem Cic. Fam. 13, 66, 1, à l’égard d’un homme de [[cette]] importance et de ce mérite &#124;&#124; sescenta tanta reddere Pl. Bacch. 1034, rendre six cents fois autant, cf. Pl. Ps. 632 ; [[tribus]] tantis [[minus]] Pl. Trin. 530, trois fois moins &#124;&#124; [pour conclure en renvoyant à ce qui précède, c. [[hic]] ] tanta [[est]] stultitiæ [[inconstantia]] [[atque]] [[perversitas]] Cic. CM 4, telle [[est]] la grandeur de..., tel [[est]] le degré où atteignent l’inconséquence et l’illogisme de la sottise ; tanta [[lubido]] in partibus erat Sall. J. 40, 3, telle était la passion des partis &#124;&#124; grand comme cela = de qq. grandeur : [[nec]] [[quicquam]] [[posthac]] [[non]] [[modo]] [[tantum]], [[sed]] ne [[tantulum]] [[quidem]] præterieris Cic. Att. 15, 27, 3, n’oublie [[rien]] dans la suite qui ait, je ne [[dis]] pas qq. importance, mais une importance si [[minime]] qu’elle soit<br /><b>2</b> en corrél. : <b> a)</b> [[tantus]]... [[quantus]] aussi grand que : tantam eorum multitudinem [[nostri]] interfecerunt, [[quantum]] fuit diei [[spatium]] Cæs. G. 2, 11, 6, les nôtres en tuèrent un nombre proportionné à la longueur du jour, autant que le permit la longueur du jour ; <b> b)</b> [[tantus]]... [[quam]] Virg. En. 6, 352 ; ullane tanta opum [[voluptas]] [[quam]] spectare ? Tac. D. 6, [[est]]-il dans les richesses un plaisir égal à celui de regarder...? cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4 ; <b> c)</b> [avec ut ou le relatif suivis du subj. conséc.] si grand que, de telle importance que ; tanta erat operis [[firmitudo]], ut Cæs. G. 4, 17, la solidité de l’ouvrage était si [[grande]] que ; nulla [[est]] tanta [[vis]], quæ [[non]] ferro frangi possit Cic. Marc. 8, il n’y a pas de puissance si [[grande]] qu’on ne la puisse briser par le [[fer]] &#124;&#124; [avec sens restreint] tel sous le rapport de la grandeur = si petit, si faible que : vectigalia tanta sunt ut iis... [[vix]] contenti [[esse]] possimus Cic. Pomp. 14, les redevances sont si faibles que nous pouvons à peine nous en contenter..., cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 4<br /><b>3</b> pl. [[tanti]] = [[tot]] : Amm. 27, 7, 7. arch. [[tamtus]], a, um CIL 1, 593, 38 et 40.
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|georg=tantus, a, um ([[von]] [[tam]], [[wie]] [[quantus]] [[von]] [[quam]]), I) [[von]] [[solcher]] [[Größe]], so [[groß]], a) m. folg. [[quantus]]: nullam [[umquam]] vidi tantam (contionem), quanta [[nunc]] vestrûm est, Cic. – b) [[mit]] folg. [[qui]], [[quae]], [[quod]] (das gew. den Coniunctiv [[bei]] [[sich]] hat): nulla est tanta [[vis]], [[quae]] [[non]] frangi possit, Cic. – c) m. folg. [[quam]], Liv. 37, 51, 9 (s. [[dazu]] Drak.). Tac. dial. 6. Verg. Aen. 6, 354. – d) m. folg. ut u. Konj.: [[non]] fuit [[tantus]] [[homo]], ut de eo [[potissimum]] conqueramur, Cic. – e) [[ohne]] Korrelation: in tantis mutationibus, Cic.: verb. m. [[tot]], [[tot]] tantaque vitia, Cic.: [[mit]] [[tam]] [[multus]], [[tam]] multae [[res]] [[atque]] tantae, Cic.: [[mit]] [[talis]], [[homo]] [[tantus]] et [[talis]], Cic. – [[tantus]] [[natu]], so [[alt]], Plaut. – [[mit]] Genet., [[utinam]] [[tantus]] animi [[forem]], ut etc., Apul. apol. 22.<br />'''II)''' [[von]] [[solcher]] [[Menge]], so [[viel]], tanta mira, so [[viel]] [[Wunderdinge]], Plaut.: tanta [[pecunia]], Cic.: [[qui]] indutias [[tanti]] temporis petant, ut legatos Romam mittere possitis, Liv. – [[bei]] den Eccl. Plur. = [[tot]], zB. tanta hominum [[milia]], Lact.: [[nec]] [[tamen]] tantos inveniunt verba discipulos, quantos Christiani factis docendo, Tert.; vgl. Hildebr. Apul. [[met]]. 7, 9. p. 552 (b). Bünem. Lact. 1, 3, 21. Dräger Histor. Synt.<sup>2</sup> 1, 104. – [[Neutrum]] [[tantum]] subst., a) im Nom. u. Acc. = so [[viel]], so vieles, α) absol.: ut [[tantum]] [[nobis]], [[quantum]] [[ipsi]] superesse posset, remitteret, Cic.: [[tantum]] debuit, Plaut.: [[mit]] folg. [[quam]], Ter. Hec. 417. – [[tantum]] abest, ut etc., s. ab- sumno. II, 2, a. – [[tantum]] est (in der [[Umgangssprache]]), so [[viel]], [[weiter]] [[nichts]], das ist alles, Plaut. u. Ter.; vgl. Brix Plaut. trin. prol. 22. – Plur., sescenta tanta ([[sechshundertmal]] soviel) reddam, si [[vivo]], [[tibi]], Plaut. Bacch. 1034: [[tribus]] tantis [[illi]] [[minus]] redit [[quam]] obseveris, um [[dreimal]] soviel weniger, Plaut. trin. 530. – β) [[mit]] Genet.: belli, Liv.: hominum, Plaut.: hostium, Liv.: itineris, eine so große [[Strecke]] Weges, Cic.: auctoritatis, Cic.: [[tantum]] [[navium]] reperit, ut etc., [[nur]] soviel, Caes.: [[tantum]] temporis, so [[lange]] [[Zeit]], Liv.: [[tantum]] [[eius]] opinionis deperdidisse, so [[viel]] [[von]] der [[Meinung]] verloren [[haben]], Caes.: [[mit]] folg. [[quantum]], so [[viel]], so [[viel]] [[als]], Cic. – [[mit]] Plur. [[des]] Verbums, [[tantum]] hominum incedunt, Plaut. – b) im Genet. [[als]] [[Ausdruck]] [[des]] wirklichen od. moral. Wertes, so [[viel]], so [[hoch]], so [[teuer]], [[tanti]] [[quanti]] poscit, [[vin]] [[tanti]] illam [[emi]]? Plaut.: hortos emit [[homo]] [[tanti]], [[quanti]] [[Pythius]] voluit, Cic.: [[ubi]] me dixero dare [[tanti]], testes faciet [[ilico]] vendidisse me, Ter.: [[graviter]] ([[eum]]) increpuit [[tanti]] censorem ([[als]] Z.) habitare, Plin.: [[qui]] frugiferas arbores [[tanti]] taxaverant, Plin.: ut, [[quanti]] [[quisque]] se [[ipse]] facit, [[tanti]] fiat (so [[hoch]] soll er geschätzt [[werden]]) ab amicis, Cic. – [[bes]]. [[oft]] [[tanti]] est, u. [[zwar]] α) alqd od. alqs est [[tanti]], etw. od. jmd. ist so [[viel]] [[wert]], gilt so [[viel]], si [[ullo]] in [[loco]] [[eius]] provinciae [[frumentum]] [[tanti]] fuit, [[quanti]] [[iste]] aestimavit, Cic.: [[tanti]] nova [[non]] fuit [[arbor]], Ov.: [[non]] fuerant artes [[tanti]], Ov.: tantine ulla fuit spoliati [[gloria]] [[Parthi]]? Prop.: nulla studia [[tanti]] sunt, ut amicitiae [[officium]] deseratur, Plin. ep.: [[vix]] [[Priamus]] [[tanti]] totaque [[Troia]] fuit, Ov.: [[non]] [[sum]], me iudice, [[tanti]], Ov.: [[tanti]] [[eius]] [[apud]] se gratiam [[esse]], [[uti]] etc., so [[hoch]] stehe er in [[Gunst]] [[bei]] ihm, daß usw., Caes. – [[nihil]] est [[tanti]] u. [[nihil]] [[mihi]] ([[nobis]]) est [[tanti]], es ist (mir) [[nichts]] so [[viel]] [[wert]], es ist mir an [[nichts]] [[mehr]] [[gelegen]], es geht mir [[nichts]] [[darüber]], Cic.: u. so [[nec]] [[mihi]] [[quicquam]] est [[tanti]], Cic. – est [[tanti]] m. folg. ut u. Konj., μακάρων νησοι [[tanti]] sunt, ut [[sine]] te sim [[tot]] [[dies]], Cic.: tantine, ut lacrimes, [[Africa]] tota fuit? Prop.: [[nihil]] [[tamen]] [[tanti]], ut a te abessem, fuit, Cic.: [[tanti]] [[non]] [[esse]] od. [[tanti]] se [[non]] [[esse]] (an seiner [[Person]] [[sei]] [[nicht]] so [[viel]] [[gelegen]]), ut etc., Eutr.: arbitrabantur [[eum]] [[tanti]] mortem P. Clodii putasse (er habe den [[Tod]] [[des]] P. Kl. [[für]] so [[wichtig]] gehalten), ut etc., Cic. – alqd [[non]] est [[tanti]] m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., [[hic]] [[tibi]] ne [[qua]] morae fuerint dispendia [[tanti]],... [[quin]] adeas vatem, Verg. Aen. 3, 453 u. 456. – [[tanti]] [[non]] fuit od. erat m. Infin. [[als]] Subj., [[neque]] [[mihi]] erat vincere [[tanti]], Ov.; u. zugl. [[mit]] folg. ut u. Konj., [[tanti]] [[non]] fuit Arsacen capere, ut earum rerum, [[quae]] [[hic]] gestae sunt spectaculo careres, Cael. in Cic. ep.: [[non]] fuit armillas [[tanti]] pepigisse Sabinas, ut premerent sacrae virginis [[arma]] [[caput]], Ov.: [[nec]] vincere [[tanti]], ut [[bellum]] differret, erat (viro), Lucan. – β) alqd [[tanti]] est, es ist etw. der [[Mühe]] [[wert]], es verlohnt [[sich]] der [[Mühe]], sunt, o sunt iurgia [[tanti]]! Ov. [[met]]. 2, 424 ([[dazu]] [[Haupt]]). – m. Infin. [[als]] Subj., est [[mihi]] [[tanti]], huius invidiae [[crimen]] subire, [[dummodo]] etc., Cic.: fuit [[tanti]] [[non]] revocare [[promissum]] suum, Sen.: u. ellipt., [[sed]] est [[mihi]] [[tanti]], [[dummodo]] etc., Cic.: [[quid]] quaeris? Fuit [[tanti]], Cic.: [[etiam]] tabulae proferentur; est [[tanti]], Cic. Vgl. übh. Madvig opusc. 2, 187 sqq. – c) im Abl. [[tanto]], α) [[vor]] Komparativen = um so [[viel]], [[desto]], [[tanto]] aberant ab [[aqua]] longius, Caes.: [[tanto]] crebriores nuntii mittebantur, Caes.: [[tanto]] [[nos]] submissius geramus, Cic.: [[tanto]] minoris, [[desto]] wohlfeiler, Cic.: [[bis]] [[tanto]] [[pluris]], [[zweimal]] so [[teuer]], Plaut.: [[ter]] [[tanto]] [[peior]], Cic.: [[quinquies]] [[tanto]] [[amplius]], Cic.: u. ([[ohne]] [[Komparativ]]) [[bis]] [[tanto]] amici sunt [[inter]] se [[quam]] [[prius]], Plaut. – [[tanto]] [[melior]] (lobender [[Ausdruck]] in der [[Umgangssprache]]), um so [[besser]]! [[recht]] [[gut]]! [[brav]]! [[bravo]]! [[Komik]]., Sen. u.a. (s. Brix Plaut. Men. 433. [[Wagner]] Ter. heaut. 549. Spengel Ter. adelph. 528. [[Haupt]] opusc. 2, 323); [[auch]] [[tanto]] [[hercle]] [[melior]], Ter.: [[tanto]] [[nequior]], um so schlimmer! [[schlimm]] [[genug]]! Ter.: u. so [[tanto]] miserior, [[nur]] um so jämmerlicher! Plaut.: [[tanto]] [[maior]], [[tanto]] augustior, um so größer, um so erhabener bist du! Plin. pan. 71, 4. – [[multo]] [[tanto]] [[bei]] Komparat., s. [[multum]][[unter]] [[multus]] no. II, A, c. (Bd. 2. s. [[1047)]]. – β) [[neben]] den Zeitadverbien [[ante]] u. [[post]], [[tanto]] [[ante]], so [[lange]] [[vorher]], Cic.: [[tanto]] [[post]] od. [[post]] [[tanto]], so [[lange]] [[nachher]], Curt. u. Verg. – γ) [[neben]] Verben, die [[einen]] Komparativbegriff [[enthalten]], [[wie]] antecedere, praestare, Nep. Epam. 2, 2; Hann. 1, 1. Ov. [[met]]. 13, 368. – δ) [[selten]] [[vor]] Superl., [[tanto]] [[pessimus]] omnium poëta, [[quanto]] tu [[optimus]] omnium [[patronus]], um so [[viel]] der schlechteste, [[ein]] um so [[viel]] schlechterer, Catall. 49, 6. – d) in der Verbdg. in [[tantum]] = so [[weit]], so [[sehr]], in [[tantum]] suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse, Liv.: m. folg. in [[quantum]], si [[denique]] in [[tantum]] [[diligo]] optimum principem, in [[quantum]] [[invisus]] [[pessimo]] fui, Plin. pan.: [[matrona]] prodcat in [[tantum]] ornata, in [[quantum]] ne immunda sit, [[insoweit]], [[als]] [[sie]] [[nicht]], Sen. contr. 2, 7 (15), 3. – Das [[Neutrum]] [[tantum]] adv. = so [[sehr]], so [[weit]], α) [[neben]] Verben: de [[fano]] [[illo]] [[dico]], de [[quo]] [[tantum]], [[quantum]] me amas, [[velim]] cogites, Cic.: [[tantum]] [[eius]] auctoritate [[motus]] est, ut etc., Nep.: [[tantum]] [[progressus]] a castris, ut etc., Liv. – β) [[neben]] Adjj., statt [[tam]]: [[tantum]] magna, Hor.: [[non]] [[tantum]], [[nicht]] so, [[nicht]] sowohl, [[mit]] folg. [[quantum]], [[non]] [[tantum]] [[Veneris]], [[quantum]] studiosa culinae, Hor.: [[nec]] [[tantum]] [[dulcia]], [[quantum]] et liquida, Verg.: [[auch]] m. folg. [[quam]], [[non]] ab [[ira]] [[tantum]], [[quam]] [[quod]] etc., [[nicht]] sowohl aus [[Zorn]], [[als]] [[weil]], Liv.: [[tantum]] cepisse timorem, [[quam]], Verg. – γ) [[neben]] Superlativen: [[quantum]] [[bello]] [[optimus]]... [[tantum]] pace [[pessimus]], Vell.<br />III) [[von]] der [[Größe]], [[von]] der [[Art]], so [[klein]], so [[gering]], ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad provincias tutandas [[vix]] contenti [[esse]] possimus, Cic.: [[nec]] sidera tanta debent existimari, quanta cernuntur, Plin.: ([[senatus]]) [[auctoritas]], [[cui]] scis intercessum [[esse]], tantam vim habet, ut [[magis]] iratorum hominum [[studium]] [[quam]] constantis [[senatus]] [[consilium]] [[esse]] videatur, Cic.: si [[bellum]] [[tantum]] erit, ut [[vos]] [[aut]] successores parvis additis copiis sustinere possint, Cael. in Cic. ep. – [[Neutrum]] [[tantum]] subst., eine solche [[Kleinigkeit]], [[Wenigkeit]], so [[wenig]], [[tantum]] praesidii, [[navium]], Caes. – Das [[Neutrum]] [[tantum]] wird [[auch]] [[als]] Abverbium [[gebraucht]], [[nur]], [[bloß]], [[nomen]] [[tantum]] virtutis usurpas, Cic.: quos [[quidem]] [[dies]] quem ad modum agatis [[non]] [[dico]], [[tantum]] [[dico]] etc., Cic.: [[tantum]], ut [[procul]] abesset, curabat, Liv. – Man merke [[hier]]: a) [[tantum]] [[non]], [[beinahe]], [[fast]], Nep., Liv. u. Suet. Vgl. Drak. u. Gronov Liv. 4, 2, 12. – b) [[tantum]] [[quod]], α) [[nur]], [[just]], [[gerade]], [[eben]] (zu der [[Zeit]]), Cic. u.a. – so [[auch]] ([[ohne]] [[quod]]) [[serta]] [[tantum]] delapsa, [[nur]] [[erst]] abgefallen, Verg. ecl. 6, 16. – β) [[nur]], [[bloß]], [[nur]] daß, es fehlt [[weiter]] [[nichts]], [[als]] daß, [[tantum]] [[quod]] hominem [[non]] nominat, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 116. – γ) [[tantum]], [[quod]], [[als]] [[zwei]] [[besondere]] Wörter, [[tantum]], [[quod]] exstaret [[aqua]], quaerentibus, [[nur]] so [[viel]] [[als]] usw., Liv.: [[tantum]], [[quod]] [[Aetoli]] accesserant, [[nur]] [[insofern]], [[weil]], Liv. – δ) [[non]] [[tantum]]... [[sed]] [[etiam]], [[nicht]] [[nur]] ([[bloß]])... [[sondern]] [[auch]], Hirt. b.G., Liv. u.a.: [[ebenso]] [[non]] [[tantum]]... [[verum]] et (= [[etiam]]), Plin. ep.: [[aber]] [[non]] ([[nec]]) [[tantum]]... [[sed]], [[nicht]] [[nur]] ([[bloß]])... [[sondern]] [[sogar]], Liv., Quint. u.a. – / Archaist. [[tamtus]], a, um, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 206. lin. 38 u. 40.
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