Tantum

Latin-English

tantum. (ˈtan.tum) adv.

1. So much.
2. Just, only.

[tantus.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 12.52:

Ἀπόγραφα sunt, minore labore fiunt; verba tantum adfero quibus abundo.

They are transcriptions, and are less work to make; I just bring the words, which I have in abundance.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 3.17:

tantum velim fortuna det nobis potestatem ut incolumes amore nostro perfruamur.

I only wish Fortune would give us the opportunity to enjoy our love unharmed.

• γʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.24:

Pyramidas regum miramur, cum solum tantum foro exstruendo IIS |M| Caesar dictator emerit.

We marvel at the pyramids of the kings, after the land alone for building the Forum was bought by the dictator Caesar for IIS100,000,000 (~$1,700,000,000).

• δʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.1:

Aliquibus vero non tota incisura, eam ambiente ruga: sed in alvo, aut superne tantum, imbricatis flexili vertebris.

In fact in some, the incision is not complete, being surrounded by a fold; but either in the abdomen or in its upper parts only, it is flexible with overlapping joints.