tantundem

Latin

Alternative forms

• tantumdem

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tanˈtun.dem/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪ʊn̪d̪ɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tanˈtun.dem/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪un̪d̪em]

Noun

tantundem n (indeclinable)

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

Phrase

tantundem

1. (pro-sentence) ≈ same difference

Synonyms

• totidem, tantundem est

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^[1], 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)