tamen

See also: tamén and tāmen

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tamen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtamen]
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• Rhymes: -amen
• Hyphenation: ta‧men

Adverb

tamen

1. however, nevertheless

   Mi devis rezigni miajn dezirojn kaj celojn, sed nun mi tamen estas kontenta.

   I had to resign my aspirations and objectives, but now I am nevertheless content.

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto, from Latin tamen.

Adverb

tamen

1. however, nevertheless

Japanese

Romanization

tamen

1. Rōmaji transcription of ためん

Latin

Etymology

From tam +‎ -em. Last particle in īdem. Compare with its later doublet: tandem, both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.men/, [ˈt̪ämɛn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.men/, [ˈt̪äːmen]
• Note: unlike in tametsī, the graphic m does represent the bilabial nasal /m/.

Conjunction

tamen

1. (usually postpositive, also initial and final) however, in spite of this
   1. (preceded by et, atque/ac, neque/nec, at, sed, vērum)

      ac tamen... ― and yet...

2. (expressing a concession) nevertheless, yet, still

   166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 864:

   SIMO Nihil audiō! Ego iam tē commōtum reddam! DAVUS Tamen etsī hoc vērum·st? SIMO Tamen!

   SI I'm not listening! Your heart strings are about to get a real good tugging! DA Even if it's true? SI Even so!

   (literally, “...I'm about to make you greatly moved...”)

3. all the same, just the same (in spite of appearances of the contrary)

   c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 405:

   […] vīginti minās, quae nūsquam nunc sunt gentium, inveniam tamen.

   […] those twenty minas, which are currently nowhere to be found, I'll find them all the same.

4. (in an aside) although, even if
5. (in a limiting clause) (also with ut or ne) at least

Synonyms

• (nevertheless, yet): etsi, quamquam, at, sed, ast

Derived terms

• tamendem
• attamen
• tamen etsī
• vērumtamen

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

Descendants

• Sardinian: tàmen, tàmes
• → Esperanto: tamen
• → Ido: tamen
• → Interlingua: tamen
• → Novial: tamen

References

• “tamen” on page 2098 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page ???

Further reading

• “tamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle English

Etymology 1

From tame (“tame”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

tamen (third-person singular simple present tameth, present participle tamende, tamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tamed)

1. to tame, domesticate
2. to subdue, overcome

Descendants

• English: tame
• Scots: tame

References

• “tāmen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Shortening of attamen (“to cut, pierce”) or entamen (“to injure”), both from Old French.

Verb

tamen (third-person singular simple present tameth, present participle tamende, tamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tamed)

1. to cut into, carve
2. to broach (a keg, bottle; a subject)

Alternative forms

• tame

Descendants

• English: tame
• Scots: tame

References

• “tāmen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Tumleo

Noun

tamen

1. woman

References

• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)