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tantum adv.

tantus, so much, so greatly, to such a degree, so far, so long, so : id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc., so far : rex tantum auctoritate eius motus est, ut, etc., N.: tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc., so long , L.: ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit.—With an adj., so : nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida, V.: iuventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae, H.Only so much, so little, only, alone, merely, but : tantum monet, quantum intellegit, only so much : tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum, etc., Cs.: notus mihi nomine tantum, H.: excepit unum tantum: unum flumen tantum intererat, Cs.: unum defuisse tantum superbiae, L.—With non, only not, very nearly, almost, all but : cum vineae tantum non iam iniunctae moenibus essent, L.; cf. tantum non cunctandum nec cessandum esse, only there must be no delay (where non belongs not to tantum but to the verb), L.: dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur, L.—With quod, only, just, but just, a little before, hardly, scarcely : tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt; cf. tantum quod extaret aquā (where quod belongs not to tantum , but to the verb), L.Just, only now (poet.): Serta tantum capiti delapsa, V.—In the phrase, tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but : tantum quod hominem non nominat.

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