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tam adv. Source etymology: 3 TA- , correl. with quam in comparisons, implying equality of degree, in such a degree, as much, so, so much : non tam solido quam splendido nomine: adiuro, tam me tibi vera referre Quam veri maiora fide, as true as they are incredible , O.: quam magni nominis bellum est, tam difficilem existimaritis victoriam fore, L.: istam dexteram non tam in bellis neque in proeliis quam in promissis et fide firmiorem, i. e. whose superior trustworthiness is not so much in wars , etc.: nihil est tam contra naturam quam turpitudo: nihil esse tam diligenter quam ius civile retinendum: non tam meāpte causā Laetor quam illius, T.: vellem tam domestica ferre possem quam ista contemnere, were as able to bear , etc.: quod si tam vos curam libertatis haberetis, quam illi ad dominationem adcensi sunt, in as great a degree , S.: Parmenonis tam scio esse hanc techinam quam me vivere, just as well as , T.: Tam teneor dono quam si dimittar onustus, H.: tam es tu iudex quam ego.—With comp. or superl . (quam . . . tam in the sense of quanto . . . tanto or quo . . . eo; old or poet.): Tam magis illa fremens . . . Quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae, raging the more wildly, the more , etc., V.: quam maxime huic vana haec suspicio Erit, tam facillime patris pacem in leges conficiet suas (i. e. quo magis . . . eo facilius), T.: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est (i. e. ut quisque . . . ita maxime, etc.), S.—With a comparative clause implied in the context, so, to such a degree, so very, equally : quae faciliora sunt philosophis . . . quia tam graviter cadere non possunt (i. e. quam alii): quorsum igitur tam multa de voluptate? so much (as has been said): hoc, quod a tam multis perferatur, by so many (as we have mentioned): tam necessario tempore, tam propinquis hostibus, at so urgent a time as this , Cs.: hunc tam temere iudicare, Cs.: cum tam procul a finibus Macedoniae absint, L.: quam si explicavisset, non tam haesitaret, i. e. as he does .—Often with a pron demonstr. : haec mea oratio tam longa aut tam alte repetita: haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia, L.: quae est ista tam infesta ira? L.—Followed by a clause of result with ut, qui or quin (only with adjj . and advv .), so, so very : quae (maturitas) mihi tam iucunda est, ut quasi terram videre videar: ad eum pervenit tam opportuno tempore, ut simul, etc., Cs.—Usu. with a negative or in a question implying a negative: quis umquam praedo fuit tam nefarius, quis pirata tam barbarus ut, etc.: non se tam barbarum ut non sciret, etc., Cs.: nemo inventus est tam amens, qui illud argentum eriperet: quae est anus tam delira quae timeat ista?: Numquam tam mane egredior . . . quin te . . . conspicer Fodere, T.: numquam tam male est Siculis quin aliquid facete et commode dicant.

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