Latin

Adjective

tantus m ‎(feminine tanta, neuter tantum); first/second declension

1. of such size
2. so much, so great

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

• quantus

Descendants

References

• tantus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tantus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tantus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    
  • under such unfavourable circumstances: in tanta rerum (temporum) iniquitate
    
  • he had such an extraordinary memory that..: memoria tanta fuit, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) this much is certain: hoc (not tantum) certum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to take only enough food to support life: tantum cibi et potionis adhibere quantum satis est
    
  • (ambiguous) I will only say this much..: tantum or unum illud or hoc dico