. "As adjunct of adjectives or participles the intensity of which is expressed by a comparative clause, tam ... quam = as ... as; negatively, non (neque, nihil, etc.) tam ... quam = not so ... as." . "As adjunct of adjectives or participles the intensity of which is expressed by a comparative clause, tam ... quam = as ... as; negatively, non (neque, nihil, etc.) tam ... quam = not so ... as." . .