tantisper

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of tantīs (“of such length, this much”, abl. pl.) +‎ -per (“through”), originally a postpositional phrase.

Adverb

tantīsper (not comparable)

  1. for such time (as); for as long (as)
  2. in the meantime; meanwhile

Coordinate terms

References
  • “tantisper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tantisper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tantisper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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