TAMQUAM, tamquam
Sounds Like: TAM-kwahm
Translations: as if, as though, just as, like, as
From the root: TAMQUAM
Part of Speech: Adverb, Conjunction
Explanation: Tamquam is a Latin adverb and conjunction used to introduce a comparison or a hypothetical situation. It often means 'as if' or 'as though', indicating that something is presented as being true, even if it might not be. It can also mean 'just as' or 'like', drawing a direct comparison between two things.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:2
From the same root
No other words from the same root, TAMQUAM, appear in our texts.
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