tantus

From tam (“so”) +‎ -tus (adjectival/adverbial ending); compare quantus, intus, subtus.

One alternate etymology supposes direct continuation from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-n̥t-os.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tus/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tus/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪us]

Adjective

tantus (feminine tanta, neuter tantum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of such size, of such measure
2. so much, so great, such, so many [ quotations ▼]

Usage notes

• Being naturally an adjective, tantus was then used substantively as tantum (frequently with genitive) to mean "so much of", "so many of"; as tantī (pretiī) to mean "so high (a price)" [called the genitive of indefinite value]; adverbially as tantum to mean "so much", "to such degree" (cf. tam); as tantō to mean "by so much". For all these quantus has its coordinate functions.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tantus	tanta	tantum		tantī	tantae	tanta
Genitive	tantī	tantae	tantī		tantōrum	tantārum	tantōrum
Dative	tantō		tantō		tantīs
Accusative	tantum	tantam	tantum		tantōs	tantās	tanta
Ablative	tantō	tantā	tantō		tantīs
Vocative	tante	tanta	tantum		tantī	tantae	tanta