I.just so great or large, as great (as an adj. rare, but freq. and class. in the neutr. as a subst.).
I. Adj.: “malo bene facere tantundem est periculum, Quantum bono male facere,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 20: “cum ita legatum esset: Titia uxor mea tantandem partem habeat, quantulam unus heres,” Dig. 32, 1, 29: “quia forte tantandem pecuniam Titio debuit,” ib. 2, 14, 30; so, “si postea tantandem summam a domino mutuatus sit,” ib. 15, 3, 10 fin.: “tantidem ponderis petitio est,” ib. 19, 5, 26 init.—
II. Neutr. absol.
A. tantundem (tantumdem ), just so much, just as much: “magistratibus tantundem detur in cellam, quantum semper datum est,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 201: “deinde qui morte ejus tantundem capiat, quantum omnes heredes,” id. Leg. 2, 19, 48: “fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit, ut ejus solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distabant,” Caes. B. G. 7, 72: “ego tantundem scio, quantum tu,” Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 48: “si tibi subiti nihil est, tantundem'st mihi,” id. ib. 4, 4, 36: “tantundem argenti, quantum miles debuit, Dedit huic,” id. Ps. 4, 7, 64; 4, 7, 109: “tantundem apud posteros meruit bonae famae, quantum malae,” Tac. H. 2, 50: “aquae tantundem,” Plin. 32, 9, 37, § 112: “nam pol hinc tantundem accipies,” Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 14; Cic. Att. 12, 35, 2: “erat vallus in altitudinem pedum decem: tantundem ejus valli agger in latitudinem patebat,” Caes. B. C. 3, 63: “dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas,” Hor. S. 1, 1, 52; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 56; “2, 3, 237: nec vincet ratio, tantundem ut peccet idemque, Qui teneros caules alieni fregerit horti, Et qui, etc.,” id. ib. 1, 3, 115: “undique ad inferos tantundem viae est,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 104: “non tamen interpres tantundem juveris,” Hor. S. 2, 4, 91: “virium atque impetus non tantundem exigunt,” Quint. 6, 2, 10: “tantundem valent,” id. 1, 5, 4: “tantumdem in utrosque licere fortunae,” Sen. Ep. 47, 1: “tantundem praetor facit et de his,” Dig. 26, 7, 3.—
B. Gen. (of price) tantīdem (i scanned short, Varr. ap. Non. 480, 31): “tantidem emptum postulat sibi tradier,” Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45: “voluntatem decurionum ac municipum omnium tantidem, quanti fidem suam, fecit,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 115: tantidem quasi feta canes sine dentibu' latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.); cf.: “decrepitus senex tantidem est, quasi sit signum pictum in pariete,” Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 4: “tantidem ille illi rursus iniciat manum,” id. Pers. 1, 2, 18.
