demum

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.mum/, [ˈd̪eːmʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mum/, [ˈd̪ɛːmum]

Etymology 1

Adverbial accusative of an unattested superlative adjective *dēmus, from dē. Compare denique.

Adverb

dēmum (not comparable)

finally, at last, eventually
Synonyms: tandem, postrēmō

Dēmum post longam vītam Herculēs ā deīs receptus est.
Finally after a long life Hercules was received by the gods.
only, exclusively
Synonyms: sōlum, tantum, modo

Etymology 2

See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).

Alternative forms

dēmon

Noun

dēmum m

accusative singular of dēmos

References

“demum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“demum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
demum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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