tamen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tamen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtamen]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amen
• Hyphenation: ta‧men

Adverb

tamen

1. however, nevertheless

   Mi devis rezigni miajn dezirojn kaj celojn, sed nun mi tamen estas kontenta.

   I had to resign my aspirations and objectives, but now I am nevertheless content.

Particle

tamen

1. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; indeed

   Synonym: jes ja

   "Vi ne scipovas stiri biciklon." — "Tamen!"

   "You don't know how to ride a bicycle." — "Yes I do!"

   "Ĉu vi ne venas al la festo?" — "Tamen!"

   "Are you not coming to the party?" — "Indeed I am!"

Etymology

From Esperanto, from Latin tamen.

Adverb

tamen

1. however, nevertheless

Romanization

tamen

1. Rōmaji transcription of ためん

Etymology

From tam +‎ -em. Last particle in īdem. Compare with its later doublet: tandem, both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈta.men/, [ˈt̪ämɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.men/, [ˈt̪äːmen]
• Note: unlike in tametsī, the graphic m does represent the bilabial nasal /m/.

Adverb

tamen (not comparable)

1. (usually postpositive, also initial and final) however, in spite of this
   1. (preceded by et, atque/ac, neque/nec, at, sed, vērum)

      ac tamen... ― and yet...

2. (expressing a concession) nevertheless, yet, still
   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 864:

     Simo: Nihil audiō! Ego iam tē commōtum reddam! Davus: Tamen etsī hoc vērum·st? Simo: Tamen!

     Simo: I'm not listening! Your heart strings are about to get a real good tugging! Davus: Even if it's true? Simo: Even so!

     (literally, “...I'm about to make you greatly moved...”)

3. all the same, just the same (in spite of appearances of the contrary)
   • c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 405:

     […] vīginti minās, quae nūsquam nunc sunt gentium, inveniam tamen.

     […] those twenty minas, which are currently nowhere to be found, I'll find them all the same.

4. (in an aside) although, even if
5. (in a limiting clause) (also with ut or ne) at least

References

• “tamen” on page 2098 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page ???

Further reading

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

Etymology 1

From tame (“tame”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Etymology 2

Shortening of attamen (“to cut, pierce”) or entamen (“to injure”), both from Old French.

Noun

tamen

1. woman

References

• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)