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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=dumtaxat ADV :: to this extent, no more than; as long as; only, precisely; merely; at any rate
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dumtaxat</b>: (less correctly, duntax-at; in [[ante]]-Aug. monuments perh. [[always]] written [[separately]]; [[often]] in inscriptions separated by [[some]] words: dum ... taxat; cf. also Lex ap. Fest. p. 246, 12 Müll.), adv. dum-[[taxo]]; [[hence]], lit., as [[far]] as it holds [[good]], extends.<br /><b>I</b> To this [[extent]], so [[far]], in so [[far]], as [[far]] as this [[matter]] is concerned: [[sin]] [[autem]] jejunitatem et siccitatem ... [[dummodo]] [[sit]] polito ... in Attico genere ponit, hoc recte [[dumtaxat]], Cic. Brut. 82, 285: nos [[animo]] [[dumtaxat]] vigemus, id. Att. 4, 3 fin.: sint ista pulchriora [[dumtaxat]] adspectu, id. N. D. 2, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 43, 90; id. Deiot. 1, 1; Hirt. B. Afr. 90; Dig. 4, 3, 17, § 1: [[dumtaxat]] de [[peculio]], as [[far]] as relates to the [[peculium]], Edict. Praet. ap. Dig. 15, 2, 1; Dig. 14, 4, 7, § 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence, defining a [[limit]], [[either]] as maximum or as minimum, [[exactly]], of the [[proper]] [[measure]], [[which]] [[may]] be not [[more]], or not [[less]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Not [[more]], i. e.) Only, [[simply]], [[merely]] = [[tantummodo]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp. in specifying numbers and amounts: MITTANTVR MVLIERES LIBERAE DVMTAXAT QVINQVE, Edict. Praet. ap. Dig. 25, 4, 1, § 10 med.: [[secum]] duxerit dum taxat homines IIL. (= [[duodequinquaginta]]), Lex. Acil. Repet. 32; [[Cato]], R. R. 49 (quoted in Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198): ut consules potestatem haberent tempore [[dumtaxat]] annuam, genere ipso ac jure regiam, Cic. Rep. 2, 32; in [[tmesis]]: eum [[quis]] volet [[magistratus]] multare, dum minore parti familiae taxat, liceto, Lex Silia A. U. C. 510, Huschke, Jurisp. Antejust. p. 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., in [[other]] restrictive applications: [[dumtaxat]], ut hoc promittere possis, etc., Lucr. 3, 378: peditatu [[dumtaxat]] [[procul]] ad speciem utitur, equites in aciem mittit, * Caes. B. C. 2, 41, 2: [[Cato]] [[enim]] [[dumtaxat]] de magnitudine animi, etc., [[simply]], Cic. Par. ad prooem. 3; id. N. D. 1, 38, 107; 1, 44, 123; id. Ep. ad Brut. 3; id. de Or. 2, 27, 119; Liv. 10, 25; Tac. G. 25; Suet. Caes. 55; 75; Hor. S. 2, 6, 42 et saep.; Curt. 4, 42; 9, 36 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So, non [[dumtaxat]] = non [[modo]]: non rebus [[dumtaxat]], sed [[etiam]] moribus, etc., Dig. 26, 7, 12, § 3: non eos [[dumtaxat]], sed omnes, etc., ib. 50, 16, 235; cf.: nec [[dumtaxat]] animum [[vobis]] fidelem praestitit, sed omnibus interfuit [[bellis]], etc., Liv. 37, 53, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Not [[less]], i. e.) At [[least]] = [[saltem]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like A. 1., esp. in numerical specifications: obsonari [[dumtaxat]] ad minam, * Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 91: cum in testamento [[scriptum]] esset, ut [[heres]] in funere aut in monumento DVMTAXAT AVREOS CENTVM consumeret, non [[licet]] [[minus]] consumere, si [[amplius]] vellet, [[licet]], Dig. 50, 16, 202: [[statim]] [[Arpinum]] irem, ni te in Formiano commodissime exspectari viderem, [[dumtaxat]] ad prid. Non. Mai., Cic. Att. 2, 14; cf.: IBI EPVLENTVR DVMTAXAT IN V. ID. IVL., Inscr. Orell. 707.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., in [[other]] restrictive applications: [[valde]] me [[Athenae]] delectarunt: [[urbs]] [[dumtaxat]] et urbis [[ornamentum]], Cic. Att. 5, 10, 5; cf. id. ib. 2, 18, 2; id. Fam. 12, 1; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. de Or. 1, 58, 249; id. Lael. 15, 53 al.: Cels. 5, 26; Sen. Ben. 5, 2; id. Ep. 58; Quint. 1, 4, 20; 2, 10, 2; Hor. A. P. 23: non [[tantum]] virtutes cujusque [[digne]] [[prosecutus]], sed vitia [[quoque]] et delicta, [[dumtaxat]] modica, [[perpessus]], at [[least]], Suet. Aug. 66.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[very]] [[few]] passages [[dumtaxat]] approaches so [[nearly]] in [[meaning]] to [[dummodo]] [[that]] it [[may]] be rendered by a [[conjunction]] in Eng., provided [[that]]: qui, cum [[luxuriose]] viverent, non reprehenderentur eo nomine [[dumtaxat]] [[cetera]] caverent, Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; cf. Suet. Aug. 66 [[supra]]; v. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 330-339.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dumtăxăt</b>¹⁰ ou <b>dunt-</b>, adv. ([[dum]] et subj. de *[[taxo]] ([[tango]]), jusqu’à toucher), [[juste]] en se bornant à, pas au-delà, seulement : [[hoc]] [[recte]] [[dumtaxat]] Cic. Br. 285, c’[[est]] bien jusque-là ; potestatem habere [[dumtaxat]] annuam Cic. Rep. 2, 56, avoir le pouvoir tout [[juste]] un an ; sint ista pulchriora [[dumtaxat]] aspectu Cic. Nat. 2, 47, admettons que ces figures soient [[plus]] belles tout au [[plus]] à la vue ; in tuo [[dumtaxat]] [[periculo]] Cic. Dej. 1, étant donné seulement que ta vie [[est]] en cause, cf. Cæs. C. 2, 41, 1 ; ad [[hoc]] [[dumtaxat]] ne... videamur Cic. de Or. 1, 249, en vue tout au moins de ne pas paraître...; si [[dumtaxat]] Gell. 1, 13, 6, si seulement &#124;&#124; [qqf.] [[non]] [[dumtaxat]]... [[sed]] Liv. 37, 53 ; 9 ; Dig. 26, 7, 12, 3, [[non]] seulement... mais encore. on trouve encore [[dum]] séparé de taxat dans les Inscr. ; cf. CIL 1, 582, 12 ; Fest. 288, 34.||[qqf.] [[non]] [[dumtaxat]]... [[sed]] Liv. 37, 53 ; 9 ; Dig. 26, 7, 12, 3, [[non]] seulement... mais encore. on trouve encore [[dum]] séparé de taxat dans les Inscr. ; cf. CIL 1, 582, 12 ; Fest. 288, 34.
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{{Georges
|georg=dumtāxat (duntāxat), Adv. (v. [[dum]] u. tāxo), [[indem]] [[man]] die [[Sache]] [[genau]] abschätzt, [[genau]] genommen, [[nach]] richtigem [[Maße]], [[nicht]] [[mehr]] und [[nicht]] weniger, I) feststellend den [[Umfang]] und das [[Maß]] [[einer]] [[Sache]] entweder an [[sich]] od. im Ggstz. zu andern od. zu den übrigen, [[hoc]] [[recte]] d., Cic.: [[nos]] [[animo]] d. vigemus, Cic.: sint ista pulchriora d. aspectu, Cic.: in tuo d. [[periculo]], Cic.: se iis d. vitam concessurum, Auct. b. Afr.: d. de [[peculio]], ICt. – dah. bestimmend eine feste [[Zahl]] od. [[Zeit]], [[nicht]] [[mehr]] [[als]], [[nicht]] [[mehr]] und [[nicht]] weniger [[als]], mittantur mulieres liberae d. [[quinque]], Edict. praet. b. Ulp. dig. – II) einschränkend, und [[zwar]]: a) eine [[Sache]] ausnehmend, [[nur]], [[lediglich]], [[bloß]], Cic., Caes. u.a.: [[non]] [[dumtaxat]]... [[sed]], [[nicht]] [[nur]]... [[sondern]], Liv. u.a. – b) eine [[Sache]] [[von]] ihrer [[Seite]] bestätigend, [[wenn]] [[auch]] [[nur]], [[freilich]] [[nur]], [[wenigstens]] [[nur]], [[nur]] [[wenigstens]] [[doch]], Cic. u.a. – III) erläuternd, [[insofern]], [[inwiefern]], [[wofern]] [[nur]], Lucr.: d. modica, [[insofern]], [[wofern]] [[sie]] [[nur]] [[mäßig]] waren, Suet. – dah. den [[Begriff]] eines Wortes genauer bestimmend, versteht [[sich]], [[nämlich]] (griech. [[δηλαδή]]), ex idoneis d. auctoribus, Quint.: exceptis d. iis gentibus, [[quae]] regnantur, Tac.: caeduis (arboribus) d. exceptis, Plin. – Vgl. Wölfflin im [[Archiv]] 4, 325.
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