Borrowed fromLatintamen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtamen/

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• Rhymes:-amen
• Hyphenation: ta‧men

tamen

1. however,nevertheless

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

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

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!"

FromEsperanto, fromLatintamen.

tamen

1. however,nevertheless

tamen

1. Rōmaji transcription ofためん

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

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [ˈta.mɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [ˈt̪aː.men]
• Note: unlike intametsī, the graphicm does represent the bilabial nasal /m/.

tamen (notcomparable)

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

      actamen... ―andyet...

      • 106BCE – 43BCE,Cicero,Atticus 13:

        ex duobus librīs contulī in quattuor: grandiōrēs sunt omnīnō quam erant illī, sedtamen multa dētracta

        from two books have I arranged four: they are ampler, in every way, than what used to be in that one [the previous arrangement], andyet many [were] withdrawn

2. (expressing a concession)nevertheless,yet,still,even
   • 166BCE,Publius Terentius Afer,Andria864:

     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!
     [literally,“I'm about to make you greatly moved!”]
     Davus:Even if it's true?
     Simo:Even so!

3. all the same,just the same(in spite of appearances of the contrary)
   • c. 191BCE,Plautus,Pseudolus405:

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

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

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

• (nevertheless, yet):etsi,quamquam,at,sed,ast

• tamendem
• attamen
• tamen etsī
• vērumtamen

• Sardinian:tàmen,tàmes
• → Esperanto:tamen
• → Ido:tamen
• → Interlingua:tamen
• Italian:tame

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

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

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

tamen (third-person singular simple presenttameth,present participletamende,tamynge,first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participletamed)

1. totame,domesticate
2. tosubdue,overcome

• English:tame
• Scots:tame

• “tāmen,v.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Shortening ofattamen(“to cut, pierce”) orentamen(“to injure”), both fromOld French.

tamen (third-person singular simple presenttameth,present participletamende,tamynge,first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participletamed)

1. tocut into,carve
2. tobroach (a keg, bottle; a subject)

• tame

• English:tame
• Scots:tame

• “tāmen,v.(2).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

tamen

1. woman

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

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