yet it is only now that I am at length beginning to see

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.