tam magnus
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Latin
editEtymology
editFrom tam (“so”) + magnus (“large”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tam ˈmaɡ.nus/, [t̪ä̃ˑ ˈmäŋnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tam ˈmaɲ.ɲus/, [t̪äm ˈmäɲːus]
Adjective
edittam magnus (feminine tam magna, neuter tam magnum); indeclinable portion with a first/second-declension adjective
- (This entry is a descendant hub.) so large, so great
- Cicero, Verr. 5.26
- tam magna ac turbulenta tempestate
- such a large and turbulent storm
- Plautus, Cas. 430
- opere tam magno
- so greatly
- Cicero, Verr. 5.26
Usage notes
editStandard in earlier Latin when tam was needed to coordinate multiple adjectives (cf. quote 1), when magnus was part of a set expression such as magnopere (cf. quote 2), and in some other specific contexts.[1] Saw an increasingly generalized usage in Late Latin, competing with the adjective tantus.
Descendants
edit- North Italian:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983) “tamaño”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 394
- “tamany” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “magnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 49
- ^ Adams, J. N. (2007) The regional diversification of Latin, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 344–347