Hi, I wonder if anyone can throw light on this.
In Lingua Latina Chapter 8 there is the sentence:
Tanta gemma sola octoginta sestertiis constat.
which I take to mean this gem / jewel on its own costs 80 sestertii. My problem is with the word 'tanta' . This is an adjetive feminine nominative singular to agree with gemma, right - to mean something like 'only this' or 'as much'....
Then in the next sentence we have:
Medus: 'Num anulus sine gemma viginti tantum sestertiis constat?'
I take it to mean something like 'Is not the right without the jewel only 20 sestertii?'
Can anyone tell me is tanta used as adverb or is it declined here....and if so what's it agreeing with...?