tantummodo Latin · revision 31981

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la tantus, ine-pro *med-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [tanˈtʊm.mɔ.dɔ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [tanˈtum.mo.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tantummodo''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tantum|modo|t1=so much; only|t2=only]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The adverb [[m|la|modo]] is a derivative of [[m|la|modus|t=measure]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*medo-|t=measure, judgement]] and [[ine-pro|*med-o-|t=measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who says that people commonly measure the year only by the return of the sun.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means only or merely;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is frequent and Classical, whereas [[solummodo]] is only post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar uses it of foot soldiers who stood out of the water only with their shoulders, and Horace has “you have only to wish it”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) With a negative and ''sed'' it means “not only … but”, as in Cicero and Livy.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “only, merely, alone”,^(Stelten 1995) and Köbler records it in medieval law codes and charters.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of measuring the year only by the sun.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of soldiers standing out of the water.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of having only to wish.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy in “not only … but”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|only|alt=Only]], [[m|en|merely]];^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary) ''nōn tantummodo … sed'', not only … but.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tantum]]

+ * [[modo]]

+ * [[solummodo]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}