I.for so long a time, so long; in the mean time, meanwhile.
(α).
With dum (class.): “ego hic tantisper, dum exis, te opperiar foris,” Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 153: “meretrix tantisper blanditur, dum illud, quod rapiat, videt,” id. Men. 1, 3, 11: “tantisper volo, Dum facies,” Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 54: “ut ibi esset tantisper, dum culeus compararetur,” Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149: “latendum tantisper ibidem, dum defervescat haec gratulatio,” id. Fam. 9, 2, 4.—
(β).
With quoad (post-class.): “ut viveret tantisper, quoad fieret permutatio,” Gell. 6, 4, 1: “agere tantisper, quoad de servitute constet,” Dig. 43, 18, 3 fin.—
(γ).
Absol. (class.): “ego hic astabo tantisper,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30: “tantisper hic ego ad januam concessero,” id. Aul. 4, 5, 6: “totos dies scribo, non quo proficiam quid, sed tantisper impedior,” Cic. Att. 12, 14, 3; id. Caecin. 10, 30: “sed videro, quid efficiat: tantisper hoc ipsum magni aestimo, quod pollicetur,” id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19: “tantisper tutelā muliebri res Latina puero stetit,” Liv. 1, 3, 1; 1, 22, 5.