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"Tantum" is a Latin word that means "only" or "just." It is often used in English to convey the idea of a limited quantity or amount.
Some examples of words with no singular form are "scissors," "pants," "glasses," and "sheep." These words are known as pluralia tantum, meaning they only exist in their plural form and do not have a singular counterpart.
A word that has the same meaning as another word is a synonym.
Some words that contain the root word "onym" are synonym (meaning a word with a similar meaning), antonym (meaning a word with the opposite meaning), and homonym (meaning a word that sounds the same but has a different meaning).
The word "pestilence" has a root meaning plague, which comes from the Latin word "pestis" meaning plague.
The root word meaning "nerve" is "neur-" from the Greek word "neuron" meaning sinew or nerve.
A plurale tantum (plural: pluralia tantum) is a noun which has no singular form, for example, "scissors".
The word pants is a plurale tantum, meaning that the noun appears only in the plural form and has no singular variant when referring to a singular object. Some folks in the fashion world use the word 'pant' instead of pants, but that is not standard usage.
Tantum in Latin is "How great" or "so much" in English.
ubi tu pulasas ego vapulo tantum means where you hit/punch only i am beaten. ubi-where tu-you pulsas-you hit/punch ego-I vapulo-I am beaten tantum-only
Modo; tantum.
Latin Hymn: Tantum ergo, Sacramentum, veneremur Literal: So much, therefore, let us venerate the sacrament
A vir est tantum ut validus ut suus vox. I plugged it into an internet translator and this is what I got. Is this correct?
Tantum mors est aeterna.
Yes he is actually hotter then channon tantum. he is adorable
Examples of nouns that function as both singular and plural are:aircraftantelopebarracksbisoncrossroadsdeerheadquartersmooseoffspringsalmonseriessheepshrimpswinetroutThose kinds of words are called, "Plurale Tantum" (which in Latin, means, "only a plural," for some reason). There are scores of them. If you google your question, you will find a link to a site that promises 101 of them. Plurale Tantum (hmmm. I wonder what the plural of that is). I tried to attach a link, but that is not permitted on Answers.com. You may have to do the search yourself.
"A thing is worth as much as it can be sold for."
Colas tantum quos te colunt.