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1 modo
modo (modō, C. poët.), adv. (sometimes passing into a conj.) [abl. of modus]. I. In gen., by a measure, with a limit ; hence, only, merely, solely, simply, but, no more than: unum modo: oppido modo potiti, the bare town, S.: parvam modo causam timoris adferre, Cs.: delectationem modo habere, nunc vero etiam salutem: circi modo spectaculum fuerat, L.: modo ut haec nobis loca tenere liceat; see also dum, solum, tantum.—In urgent commands or wishes, only: modo facito ut illam serves, only be sure to, T.: modo fac, ne quid aliud cures: tu modo... impende laborem, V.: vos modo animos mihi adhibete, Cu.—In the phrase, modo non, only not, almost: modo non montīs auri pollicens, T.—In the phrase, non modo, much less: quos clientīs nemo habere velit, non modo illorum cliens esse.—Usu. followed by sed or verum, not only... but: non modo ceteri, sed tu ipse: ne non modo intrare, verum aspicere possim: non modo non credibiliter, sed ne suspi<*> ciose quidem: non modo honeste, verum etiam communi luce.—But non modo usu. stands for non modo non, before ne... quidem, when both clauses have the same predicate: non modo proditori, sed ne perfugae quidem locus fuit: ut id non modo neglegentiae meae, sed ne occupation<*> quidem tribuas.— II. In conditions, with ut and subj, if but, provided only, on condition that: scies Modo ut tacere possis, T.: concede, ut impune emerit, modo ut bonā ratione emerit.—As conj, if only, provided that, on condition that: manent ingenia senibus, modo permaneat industria: ea mihi probantur, modo ne illa exceptio incurrat, etc.—Elliptic, but, but yet, if only, however: decerne, modo recte: bonis viris faciendum est modo pro facultatibus: veniam quo vocas, modo adiutore te.—With relatives, in any degree, at all, only, merely, even: servus, qui modo tolerabili condicione sit servitutis: philosophus, in quo modo esset auctoritas: primi, quā modo praeirent duces, tamen signa sequebantur, wherever, L.—With si, if only, if but: tu si modo es Romae: scis, si modo meministi, etc.: Persequar inferius, modo si licet ordine ferre, O.— III. Of time, just now, just: La. advenis modo? Pa. admodum, T.: modo nunc, V.: modo iam, Tb.— Just now, but this moment, a little while ago, lately, recently: quid dico nuper?: immo vero modo ac plane paulo ante: quae modo consulem osculata filium suum, nunc cruciatur: si hodie bella sint, quale Gallicum modo, L.— Presently, immediately, directly, in a moment: domum modo ibo, T.: modo prohiberi etiam se senatūs consulto diceret, L.—In correlation, with modo repeated, or with another adv.: modo... modo, now... now, at one moment... at another, sometimes... sometimes: modo ait, modo negat, at times he says yes, at times no, T.: Cotta meus modo hoc, modo illud: citus modo, modo tardus incessus, S.: nunc... modo, L.: modo... Nunc, O.: nobilitas perculsa modo per socios, interdum per equites, S.: saepe cum anellis, modo laevā inani, H.: modo... modo... saepe, S.—With tum or deinde, at first... then, at one time... at another: sol modo accedens, tum autem recedens: dicere modo unum, tum autem plurīs deos: ilex, paulum modo prona, deinde flexa, S.* * *Ionly, merely; just now/recently, lately; presentlyIIbut, if only; but only -
2 demum
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.I.In Latin of every period and description of writing (for syn. cf.: tandem, denique, postremum, primo).A.Enclitically with pronouns, like adeo (but less freq.), just, precisely, especially, exactly, indeed; also translated by an emphasis of the pronoun:(β).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:(γ).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:B.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.—a.Nunc demum, Gr. nun dê, now, now at length, at last (cf.: nunc adeo, under 2. adeo, no. B. 2. c.):(β).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.:(γ).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:b.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;(β).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.):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):d.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:e.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:f.modone id demum sensti,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 11.—Jam demum, now at last, now (cf. dê... êdê, Eurip. Suppl. 980;g.Troad. 235),
Ov. Tr. 2, 8.—Ibi demum, just there:h.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:k.sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso,
Verg. A. 2, 795; 6, 154.—Ita demum, Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 15.—2.With the abl. temp. or absol.:C.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):II.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.A.Only, solely, exclusively ( = duntaxat, tantum, solum, tantummodo, modo): ne vulgarem viam ingressus, alienis demum vestigiis insisterem, Quint. prooem. § 3; id. 2, 15, 1:b.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);B.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:* 2.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. -
3 tonitrus
tŏnī̆trus, ūs, m., or tŏnī̆trŭum, ii ( gen. tonitrui, Vulg. Marc. 3, 17), n. [tono], thunder.(α).Sing.:(β).tonitrum auribus accipiamus,
Lucr. 6, 164; 6, 171:tonitrum audire,
Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142:tonitruum terribile exsistit,
id. 36, 13, 19, § 88; Sen. Q. N. 2, 54, 1; 2, 56, 1: auditum praeterea tonitruum, Treb. Gall. 5; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 6: veri tonitrūs similitudinem imitari, Fest. s. v. Claudiana, p. 57 Müll.: caelum tonitru contremit, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157:tonitru caelum omne ciebo,
Verg. A. 4, 122:tonitruque tremescunt Ardua terrarum,
id. ib. 5, 694.—The nom. tonitru, neutr., rests solely on the authority of grammarians, Fest. s. v. pecuum, p. 246 Müll.; Serv. Verg. [p. 1878] A. 5, 694; Charis. p. 18; 23; Prisc. p. 624; 685; 714 P. al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 350 sq.—Plur. (form tonitra, Att. Trag. 480):tum fulgores et tonitrua exsistere,
Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; so,tonitrua,
id. ib. 2, 18, 42; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188; Ov. M. 1, 55; 12, 52; Juv. 5, 117: clamor tonitruum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:subito coorta tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque,
Liv. 1, 16; Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 145; 19, 3, 13, § 37; 37, 10, 55, § 150; Ov. M. 11, 496; Phaedr. 5, 7, 23 al.:tonitrubus,
Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. 14, 2; 20, 1:movere tonitrus,
Ov. M. 2, 308:tonitrus agis,
Stat. Th. 1, 258:imbres et tonitrus fieri derepente,
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4 tonitruum
tŏnī̆trus, ūs, m., or tŏnī̆trŭum, ii ( gen. tonitrui, Vulg. Marc. 3, 17), n. [tono], thunder.(α).Sing.:(β).tonitrum auribus accipiamus,
Lucr. 6, 164; 6, 171:tonitrum audire,
Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142:tonitruum terribile exsistit,
id. 36, 13, 19, § 88; Sen. Q. N. 2, 54, 1; 2, 56, 1: auditum praeterea tonitruum, Treb. Gall. 5; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 6: veri tonitrūs similitudinem imitari, Fest. s. v. Claudiana, p. 57 Müll.: caelum tonitru contremit, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157:tonitru caelum omne ciebo,
Verg. A. 4, 122:tonitruque tremescunt Ardua terrarum,
id. ib. 5, 694.—The nom. tonitru, neutr., rests solely on the authority of grammarians, Fest. s. v. pecuum, p. 246 Müll.; Serv. Verg. [p. 1878] A. 5, 694; Charis. p. 18; 23; Prisc. p. 624; 685; 714 P. al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 350 sq.—Plur. (form tonitra, Att. Trag. 480):tum fulgores et tonitrua exsistere,
Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; so,tonitrua,
id. ib. 2, 18, 42; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188; Ov. M. 1, 55; 12, 52; Juv. 5, 117: clamor tonitruum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:subito coorta tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque,
Liv. 1, 16; Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 145; 19, 3, 13, § 37; 37, 10, 55, § 150; Ov. M. 11, 496; Phaedr. 5, 7, 23 al.:tonitrubus,
Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. 14, 2; 20, 1:movere tonitrus,
Ov. M. 2, 308:tonitrus agis,
Stat. Th. 1, 258:imbres et tonitrus fieri derepente,
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5 unicus
I.Lit., of number:B.tuus unicus gnatus,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 1:gnatus,
id. Poen. prol. 68; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 79; 3, 2, 29:gnata,
id. And. 3, 3. 8;1, 1, 73: filius,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 65; id. Cas. 2, 3, 45; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 41; Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41:quid me patrem par facere'st, quoi ille'st unicus?
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 38 (44):filia,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 104; Verg. Cir. 334; Just. 1, 4, 2:consul,
Liv. 7, 25, 11:maritus,
Hor. C. 3, 14, 5:vestis,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 26:anser erat,
Ov. M. 8, 684:orbis,
id. ib. 13, 853:ancillula,
App. M. 1, p. 112, 6.—Strengthened by unus:qui me unum atque unicum amicum habuit,
Cat. 73, 6:idque unum et prae omnibus unicum effice,
App. M. 4, p. 156, 32.—By solus:quamlubet esto Unica res quaedam nativo corpore sola,
Lucr. 2, 542:unica solaque res,
id. 2, 1078.—In partic., of abstract subjects:II.spes unica imperii populi Romani, L. Quinctius,
Liv. 3, 26, 8:unicum doloris levamentum studia,
Plin. Ep. 8, 19, 1:satis tutum praesidium, quod unicum est,
Cels. 7, 33:unicum afflictae mihi solamen hoc est,
Sen. Troad. 703; id. Phoen. 89.—Trop., of nature, character, or quality, alone of its kind, singular, uncommon, unparalleled, unique (cf.: egregius, eminens): homo unica est natura ac singularia, Turp. ap. Non. 491, 3:B.quis tam... ingenio unico? Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. sagaces, p. 321 Müll.: eximius imperator, unicus dux,
Liv. 7, 12, 13; so,imperator,
id. 6, 6, 17:vir unicus in omni fortunā,
id. 7, 1, 9:juvenis,
id. 8, 32, 13:dictator,
id. 22, 14, 9:spectator caeli siderumque (Archimedes),
id. 24, 34, 2:ultor Romanae ignominiae,
id. 9, 15, 10:puer,
Ov. M. 3, 454:volucris,
id. ib. 8, 239; cf. id. ib. 12, 531:liberalitas,
Cic. Quint. 12, 41:fides,
Liv. 33, 21, 4:spes,
Quint. 6, praef. §2: mors,
Luc. 4. 509:concordia,
Liv. 3, 33, 8:exemplum,
id. 1, 21, 21:nam tu poëta es prorsus ad eam rem unicus,
singularly fit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 3:tibi ille unicu'st, mihi etiam unico magis unicus,
more than an orly one, more than a darling, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 47; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 3.—Esp., in a bad sense, singularly bad, detestable (rare):unica malitia atque nequitia,
Auct. Her. 3, 6, 11:scelus,
Vell. 2, 7, 2: luxuria, Fest. s. v. Sardanapalus, p. 322 Müll.—Hence, adv.: ūnĭcē, alone, solely, singularly, especially, in an extraordinary degree:aliquem unice diligere,
Cic. Or. 1, 1:eximie et unice delectare,
Gell. 11, 13, 4:eo ornamento P.Vergilius unice est usus,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:cujus amator unice Vergilius fuit,
id. 9, 3, 14:quid Tiridaten terreat, unice Securus,
i. e. utterly regardless, Hor. C. 1, 26, 5:mammarum vitiis aizoum unice medetur,
Plin. 26, 15, 92, § 163.—In Plaut. with unus:me unice unum ex omnibus te atque illam amare aiebas mihi,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 56:immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
id. Bacch. 2, 2, 29; id. Stich. 1, 1, 12; id. Truc. 1, 2, 91.
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