Latin

Adverb

tanquam ‎(not comparable)

1. as, just as
2. as it were, so to speak
3. as much as
4. such as
5. for instance

References

• tanquam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tanquam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TANQUAM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tanquam”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.