Definition of "tanto" [tanto]

• A common type of Japanese dagger or knife. Alternative spelling of tantō. (noun)
• So much; too much. (adverb)

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• "Another objection raised is that Tacitus wrongly writes "quantum" as the corresponding adverb to "tanto," "_quantum_que hebes ad sustinendum laborem miles, _tanto_ ad discordias promptior""
• "Asiaticam expeditionem moveret, ut in tanto tumultu omnium provinciarum facile obaeratis auxiliaribus, et Urbanus Romam et"
• "The tanto is a Japanese stabbing knife that was usually carried by Japanese women within their obi as their self-defense weapon."