as much as, so as, just as, like as, as if, so to speak
: Ge. Nostin eius natum Phaedriam? Da. Tam quam te, T.: repente te tamquam serpens e latibulis intulisti: sensūs in capite
tamquam in arce mirifice conlocati sunt.—Correl. with sic or
ita, just as, in the same way as, as if: apud eum ego sic Ephesi fui,
tamquam domi meae: ut, tamquam poetae boni solent, sic tu diligentissimus sis: sic
tamquam.— With si, in a hypothetical comparison, as if, just as
if: qui tamquam si offusa rei p. sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in
tenebris: ita me audias, tamquam si mihi quiritanti intervenisses,
L.—As if, just as if (cf. tamquam si, supra): tamquam clausa sit Asia, sic
nihil perfertur ad nos: M. Atilium captum in Africā commemorat, tamquam M.
Atilius ad Africam offenderit, etc., L.: tamquam regum arcanis
interesset, omnia scit, L.
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