not until condemned

dēmum (also demus, like prorsus, quorsus, rursus, deorsus, Liv. Andr. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 70, 8 Müll.; Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 51 Ritschl and Brix), adv. [a sup. form from de, downmost; cf.: sub, summus], used to give prominence to an idea in opposition to or restriction of another, at length, at last, not till then; just, precisely; only, etc.

In Latin of every period and description of writing (for syn. cf.: tandem, denique, postremum, primo).

Enclitically with pronouns, like adeo (but less freq.), just, precisely, especially, exactly, indeed; also translated by an emphasis of the pronoun:

id demum lepidumst,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

sic sentio, id demum aut potius id solum esse miserum, quod turpe sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 8 init.:

idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est,

Sall. C. 20, 4; cf. id. ib. 12 fin.:

relinquere aculeum in audientium animis is demum potest, qui, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18:

tamquam ad eam linguam demum natus esset,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

11: me fortuna hac demum voluit consistere terra,

Verg. A. 1, 629; cf. id. ib. 2, 743 al.:

ille demum antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 20:

per quaedam parva sane, si ipsa demum aestimes, ducunt,

Quint. 1, 10, 5:

vos demum, ut video, legem antiquastis sine tabella. Sed ego, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38 (but Bait. vos quidem):

quae demum causae secundam valetudinem praestent, Cels. praef.: jam vero exsilium, si rerum naturam, non ignominiam nominis quaerimus, quantum demum a perpetua peregrinatione differt?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107:

sciscitando eo demum pervenit, ut haud procul esset, quin Remum agnosceret,

Liv. 1, 5 fin. —

Strengthened by a preceding verum enim vero, or a following profecto:

verum enim vero id demum juvat, si quem, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 2; Sall. C. 2, 9; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

is demum profecto vitam aequa lance pensitabit, etc.,

Plin. 7, 7, 5.—

Separated from the pronoun:

hoc est demum quod percrucior,

Plaut. Bac. 5, 1, 13:

illa seges demum,

Verg. G. 1, 47.—

Enclitically with the adverbs nunc, tum, or tunc, post, modo, jam, ibi, sic, etc.; just, precisely, not till; also freq. expressed by more strongly accenting those particles.—

Nunc demum, Gr. nun dê, now, now at length, at last (cf.: nunc adeo, under 2. adeo, no. B. 2. c.):

nunc demum ego cum illa fabulabor libere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 40;

so with scio,

id. Epid. 3, 4, 22; id. Mil. 2, 6, 62;

with intellego,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 12; cf.:

nunc demum rescribo iis litteris, quas, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 3; and:

undevicesimo aetatis anno dicere in foro coepi et nunc demum, quid praestare debeat orator, adhuc tamen per caliginem video,

yet it is only now that I am at length beginning to see, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8 et saep.—

In Plautus with following conjunctions, cum, quoniam, etc.:

nunc demum a me insipienter factum esse arbitror, Cum rem cognosco,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 80; cf. id. Rud. 4, 4, 78.—

Separated by pol, edepol, or other words:

nunc pol demum ego sum liber,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 14:

nunc edepol demum in memoriam regredior, cum cogito, etc.,

id. Capt. 5, 4; 25; id. Cas. 4, 4, 14; id. Aul. 1, 2, 1:

heu, nunc misero mihi demum Exsilium infelix!

Verg. A. 10, 849.—

Tum demum, then at length, then indeed (so most freq., esp. in the historians;

in Caes. only in this connection): tum demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17; 1, 50, 2; 1, 51, 2; Liv. 2, 20; 3, 12; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6; Verg. A. 6, 330; 573; id. G. 3, 205; Ov. F. 4, 615 et saep.:

utraque re satis experta tum demum consules,

Liv. 2, 29.—

With foll. conjunct. ubi, si, cum, etc. (and in Plautus also separate; cf. above, no. 1. b. and c.):

ubi expolivero, Magis hoc tum demum dices,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; Sall. J. 46; Cels. 7, 27 fin.:

si id facies, tum demum scibis, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56; id. Men. 2, 2, 71; Cic. Rep. 1, 24; cf. with quodsi, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4:

ac tum demum, cum medium tenuere, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 7:

tum tu igitur demum id adulescenti aurum dabis, Ubi, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 52.—Once in this connection demum alone:

servata res est demum, si illam videro,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 68.—

Tunc demum (cf. Drak. Liv. 41, 3, 5):

tunc demum intelleges, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 121; Suet. Calig. 9; Vulg. Gen. 41, 9; and with cum, Col. praef. fin.;

with ubi,

Cels. 3, 6, and 10.—

Post demum, afterwards, not till after:

post eum demum huc cras adducam,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65:

post igitur demum, etc.,

id. Amph. 3, 1, 16.—With post as praep.: unas enim post idus Martias, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4:

post biduum demum,

Suet. Aug. 10 fin. —

Modo demum, only now, now for the first time:

modone id demum sensti,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 11.—

Jam demum, now at last, now (cf. dê... êdê, Eurip. Suppl. 980;

Troad. 235),

Ov. Tr. 2, 8.—

Ibi demum, just there:

illic ibi demum'st locus, ubi, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 3; Quint. 10, 3, 13:

ibi demum morte quievit,

Verg. A. 9, 445; cf. id. ib. 1, 629; Stat. Th. 2, 474; id. Silv. 2, 3, 14; cf.

also ibi demum, of time,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 53.—

Sic demum:

sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso,

Verg. A. 2, 795; 6, 154.—

Ita demum, Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 15.—

With the abl. temp. or absol.:

ego novus maritus anno demum quinto et sexagesimo fiam?

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 15:

decimo demum pugnavimus anno,

Ov. M. 13, 209:

quarta vix demum exponimur hora,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

hieme demum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

pontificatum maximum, quem numquam vivo Lepido auferre sustinuerat, mortuo demum suscepit,

Suet. Aug. 31; cf.:

appellato demum collegio obtinuit,

id. Caes. 23:

his demum exactis,

Verg. A. 6, 637:

noctu demum rex recessit,

Curt. 7, 11, 20.—And once with the nominative of the part. perf.:

damnatus demum, vi coactus reddidit Mille et ducentos Philippos,

i. e. not until condemned, Plaut. Bac. 2, 4, 38.—

To add emphasis to the idea contained in a proposition, in fact, in very truth, certainly, indeed (rare):

ea sunt enim demum non ferenda in mendacio, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15:

immemor est demum, nec frugum munere dignus, qui, etc.,

Ov. M. 15, 122; Quint. 10, 6, 5;

so to strengthen a comparative (cf.: adeo, etiam): latius demum ire,

further yet, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

num expositio haec longior demum esse debeat,

Quint. 4, 2, 79.—

In postAug. Latin.

Only, solely, exclusively ( = duntaxat, tantum, solum, tantummodo, modo): ne vulgarem viam ingressus, alienis demum vestigiis insisterem, Quint. prooem. § 3; id. 2, 15, 1:

adeo suis demum oculis credidit,

id. 11, 3, 68: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget, id. 1, 4, 29: [p. 545] qui (Cicero) non assecutus esset docendo judicem tantum et utiliter demum ac Latine perspicueque dicendo, ut, etc., id. 8, 3, 3 et saep.:

nihil magis pro contione testatus est, quam id demum se habiturum, quod, etc.,

but just that, Suet. Oth. 6 et saep.:

ut non is demum sit veneficus, qui vitam abstulit data potione, sed etiam qui mentem,

Quint. 9, 2, 105; cf.

with the following verum etiam,

id. 7 prooem. § 1.—

Ita demum, only so; then or in that case only; not till then ( = tum demum);

esp. freq. in conditional propositions: si plus humoris excernitur quam assumitur, ita demum secundae valetudinis spes est,

Cels. 3, 21; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Claud. 25 al.—

To point out something as taking place only after previous delay, at length, at last = tandem:

quod oppidum Hispaniae frustra diu oppugnatum illitis demum galbano facibus succenderit,

Suet. Galb. 3; cf. corresp. with tandem, id. Calig. 6.—

For denique no. II. 2, finally, in fine:

ex quibus alium Ciceroni, alium Caesari, singulis demum singulos opponeremus,

Tac. Or. 26 fin. Cf. Hand Turs. II. p. 250-260; Zumpt ad Curt. 6, 39, 25; Mützell ad Curt. 3, 7, 8; 3, 22, 26.

ad-mŏdum, adv. [modus], prop., to the measure or limit (scarcely found in the poets, except the comic poets);

as, postea ubi occipiet fervere, paulisper demittito, usque admodum dum quinquies quinque numeres,

quite to the limit till you count, until you count, Cato, R. R. 156, 2 (like fere and omnino, freq. put after its word).— Hence,

To a (great) measure, in a high degree, much, very. —With adj., P. adj., vbs., and adv.

With adj.:

admodum causam gravem,

Lucil. 29, 19 Müll.:

admodum antiqui,

Cic. Phil. 5, 47:

admodum amplum et excelsum,

id. Verr. 4, 74:

utrique nostrum gratum admodum feceris,

id. Lael. 4, 16; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 10:

nec admodum in virum honorificum,

Liv. 6, 34, 8:

in quo multum admodum fortunae datur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

neque admodum sunt multi,

Nep. Reg. 1, 1:

admodum magnis itineribus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 56:

admodum pauci,

Cic. Phil. 3, 36; 14, 27; id. N. D. 3, 69; Tac. G. 18:

pauci admodum,

Liv. 10, 41:

iter angustum admodum,

Sall. J. 92:

admodum nimia ubertas,

very excessive, Col. 4, 21:

admodum dives,

Suet. Caes. 1:

brevis admodum,

id. ib. 56.—And strengthened by quam, q. v. (only before and after the class. per.):

hic admodum quam saevus est,

very cruel indeed, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43:

voce admodum quam suavi,

Gell. 19, 9 (on this use of quam, cf. Rudd. II. p. 307, n. 15).—

With part. adj.:

admodum iratum senem,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 13:

iratum admodum,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 49:

natio admodum dedita religionibus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

prorae admodum erectae,

id. ib. 3, 13:

admodum mitigati,

Liv. 1, 10:

munitus admodum,

Tac. A. 2, 80:

admodum fuit militum virtus laudanda,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8.—Esp. is it joined (like komidêi in Dem.) with words denoting age; as, puer, adulescens, juvenis, senex, to enhance the idea (for which in some cases the dim. or the prefix per- is used;

as, puellus, adulescentulus, peradulescentulus): Catulus admodum tum adulescens,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 13, 47; Tac. A. 1, 3:

puer admodum,

Liv. 31, 28; Sen. Brev. Vit. 7, 3; Quint. 12, 6, 1:

admodum infans,

Tac. A. 4, 13:

juvenis admodum,

id. H. 4, 5:

fratres admodum juvenes,

Curt. 7, 2, 12:

admodum senex,

Eutr. 8, 1:

admodum parvulus,

Just. 17, 3:

non admodum grandem natu,

Cic. Sen. 4, 10.— Also with dim.: neque admodum adulescentulus est, Naev. ap. Sergium ad Don. Keil, Gr. Lat. IV. p. 559 (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 11):

hic admodum adulescentulus est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 90; so Nep. Ham. 1, 1 (cf. peradulescentulus, id. Eum. 1, 4), and Tac. A. 4, 44.—

With verbs (in earlier Latin, mostly with delectare, diligere, placere): haec anus admodum frigultit, Enn. ap. Fulg. p. 175:

irridere ne videare et gestire admodum,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 125:

neque admodum a pueris abscessit,

Naev. Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 11:

me superiores litterae tuae admodum delectaverunt,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19; id. Att. 7, 24:

ejus familiarissimos, qui me admodum diligunt,

id. Fam. 4, 13:

stomacho admodum prodest,

Plin. 20, 3, 7, § 13:

bucinum pelagio admodum adligatur,

id. 9, 38, 62, § 134:

(familia) ipsa admodum floruit,

Suet. Tib. 3:

Marius auctis admodum copiis... vicit,

Flor. 1, 36, 13 Halm.—

With adv.:

haec inter nos nuper notitia admodum est,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 1: si quando demersimus, aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, Cic. Ac. ap. Non. 7, 57: acipenser, qui admodum raro capitur, id. de Fato ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

raro admodum admonitu amicorum... uti solebat,

Curt. 4, 13, 25:

ubi satis admodum suorum animos est expertus,

Liv. 34, 13, 4 Weissenb. (Hertz cancels satis): quae maxime admodum oratori accommodata est, Auct. ad Her. 4, 12, 17 (Oudendorp regarded this as a mere pleonasm, and Hand seems to agree with him; Klotz and B. and K. adopt after Goerenz the reading maxime ad modum oratoris, but Hand condemned this form).—

To a (full) measure, fully, completely, wholly, quite, absolutely.

Of number (not used in this way by Cic., Tac., or Suet.): noctu turres admodum CXX. excitantur, full 120, Caes. B. G. 5, 40: sex milia hostium caesa;

quinque admodum Romanorum,

Liv. 22, 24. 14; 42, 65, 3;

44, 43, 8: mille admodum hostium utràque pugnā occidit,

id. 27, 30, 2:

in laevo cornu Bactriani ibant equites, mille admodum,

a round thousand, Curt. 4, 12, 3: mille admodum equites praemiserat, quorum paucitate Alexander, etc., a thousand, but not more (as the context requires), id. 4, 9, 24:

congregati admodum quingenti sponsos hostes consectantur, trucidatisque admodum novem milibus, etc.,

Just. 24, 1.

24, 26, Gronovius ad Liv. 27, 30, 2, is rejected by recent scholars, as Hand, Turs. I. p. 175 sq., and by Corradini, Lex. Lat. s. h. v.

Of time:

legati ex Macedonia exacto admodum mense Februario redierunt,

when February was fully ended, Liv. 43, 11, 9:

Alexandri filius, rex Syriae, decem annos admodum habens,

just ten years, Liv. Epit. 55:

post menses admodum septem occiditur,

Just. 17, 2, 3.—

With negatives, just, at all, absolutely:

equestris pugna nulla admodum fuit,

no engagement with the cavalry at all, Liv. 23, 29, 14:

armorum magnam vim transtulit, nullam pecuniam admodum,

id. 40, 59, 2:

horunc illa nibilum quidquam facere poterit admodum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 65:

Curio litterarum admodum nihil sciebat,

Cic. Brut. 58, 210:

oratorem plane quidem perfectum et cui nihil admodum desit, Demosthenem facile dixeris,

id. 9, 35: alter non multum, alter nihil admodum scripti reliquit (by the latter is meant Antonius, who indeed, acc. to Brut. 44, 163, left a treatise de ratione dicendi, but no written oration at all, by which his eloquence could be judged), id. Or. 38, 132; id. Clu. 50, 140; id. Or. 2, 2, 8; eirôneia a tropo genere ipso nihil admodum distat, Quint. 9, 2, 44;

quia nihil admodum super vite aut arbore colenda sciret,

Gell. 19, 12. —

In emphatic affirmative or corroborative answers, = maxime (Gr. panu ge), exactly, just so, quite so, certainly, yes (freq. in Plaut., only twice in Ter.); cf. the remark of Cic.: scis solere, frater, in hujusmodi sermone, ut transiri alio possit, dici Admodum aut Prorsus ita est, Leg. 3, 11, 26: nempe tu hanc dicis, quam esse aiebas dudum popularem meam. Tr. Admodum, Certainly, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 36: num quidnam ad filium haec aegritudo attinet? Ni. Admodum, It does, id. Bacch. 5, 1, 24; 4, 1, 40; id. Rud. 1, 5, 10; 1, 2, 55; 3, 6, 2; id. Ps. 4, 7, 54: Advenis modo? Pa. Admodum, Yes, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 8; id. Phorm. 2, 2, 1.

may have the same force as in II., in:

quandam formam ingenii, sed admodum impolitam et plane rudem,

absolutely without polish and altogether rude, Cic. Brut. 85, 294, compared with:

(oratorem) plane perfectum et cui nihil admodum desit,

id. ib. 9, 35, where the same adverbs occur.