demum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dēmum adv.

de with sup.ending, at length, at last, not till then, just, precisely, only : is demum est iustus triumphus: is demum mihi vivere videtur, qui, etc., no one but him , S.: exsilium quantum demum a perpetuā peregrinatione differt?: sciscitando eo demum pervenit, ut, etc., L.: placidā ibi demum morte quievit, V.—With nunc, now, now at length, at last, not till now : nunc demum intellego: nunc demum rescribo iis litteris, quas, etc.—With tum, then at length, then indeed, not till then : tum demum illa omnia victa videbantur, cum, etc.: tum demum inpulsi Latini, L.: Tum demum stagna revisunt, V.: quod si convenerit, tum demum decebit, etc.—With modo, only now, not till now : modone id demum sensti? Do you just begin to see? T.—With ibi, just there : Ibi demum ita aegre tulit, etc., T.—With sic, so at last, thus finally : Sic demum socios consumptā nocte reviso, V.—With abl.of time, just, not till, at last : decimo demum pugnavimus anno, O.: quartā vix demum exponimur horā, H.: his demum exactis, V.—In assurance, in fact, in very truth, assuredly, certainly, indeed : ea demum firma amicitia est, S.: ea sunt enim demum non ferenda in mendacio, quae, etc.