donec

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dōnec conj.

shortened from donicum, as long as, while : Donec canities abest, H.: (elephanti) nihil trepidabant, donec ponte agerentur, L.: donec quisquam supersit, L.— Until, till at length : haud desinam Donec perfecero hoc, T.: neque finis fiebat, donec populus senatum coëgit, etc.: donec redit, silentium fuit, L.: canit, Cogere donec ovīs Iussit Vesper, V.: Danuvius plurīs populos adit donec erumpat, Ta.: cornu duxit, donec coirent capita, V.: moveri vetuisse puerum, donec experrectus esset, i. e. before , L.—With usque, all the time until : usque adeo donec, T.: usque eo timui donec ad reiciendos iudices vēnimus: eo usque vivere donec, etc., L.: usque Sessuri, donec cantor ‘Vos plaudite’ dicat, H.

Related Words