dēmum — Lewis & Short
dēmum (also demus, like prorsus, quorsus, rursus, deorsus, Liv. Andr. ap. Paul. ex adv.a sup. form from de, downmost; cf.: sub, summus, used to give prominence to an idea in opposition to or restriction of another,
Fest. p. 70, 8 Müll.; Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 51 Ritschl and Brix),I 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:
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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) Separated from the pronoun:
hoc est demum quod percrucior,Plaut. Bac. 5, 1, 13:
illa seges demum,Verg. G. 1, 47.—
B 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. nu=n dh/, 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.—
b 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.—
(b) 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.—
c 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.—
d 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.—
e Modo demum, only now, now for the first time:
modone id demum sensti,Ter. And. 5, 3, 11.—
f Jam demum, now at last, now (cf. dh/ ... h)/dh, Eurip. Suppl. 980;
Troad. 235),Ov. Tr. 2, 8.—
g 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.—
h Sic demum:
sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso,Verg. A. 2, 795; 6, 154.—
k Ita demum, Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 15.—
2 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.—
C 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.—
II 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:
adeo suis demum oculis credidit,id. 11, 3, 68: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget, id. 1, 4, 29: 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.—
b 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.—
B 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.— *
2 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.