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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=olim ADV :: [[formerly]]; [[once]], [[once upon a time]]; [[in the future]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ōlim</b>: adv. ole, [[olle]], [[ollus]] or [[olus]], archaic for [[ille]], [[with]] locative [[ending]] -im, = [[illo]] tempore, v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 523, lit.,<br /><b>I</b> at [[that]] (sc. [[remote]]) [[time]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> Of [[past]] [[time]], [[some]] [[time]] [[ago]], [[once]] [[upon]] a [[time]], [[once]], [[formerly]], in [[time]] [[past]], whilom, [[erst]] (freq. and class.; syn. [[quondam]]): versibu' quos [[olim]] Fauni vatesque canebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.): ut fuit [[olim]] [[Sisyphus]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 46: sic [[enim]] [[olim]] loquebantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183: [[olim]], vel [[nuper]], id. Div. 2, 25, 55; so corresp. to hoc tempore, id. Fam. 7, 24, 1: [[olim]]...mox, Tac. H. 1, 67: ut erant [[olim]], Cic. Att. 12, 39, 2; cf.: [[alium]] esse censes [[nunc]] me, [[atque]] [[olim]], Ter. And. 3, 3, 13; Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2: [[gens]] [[olim]] armis, mox memoriā nominis clara, Tac. H. 7, 67: fuit [[olim]] [[senex]]: ei filiae Duae erant, [[there]] [[was]] [[once]] an old [[man]], Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From the [[meaning]] in times [[past]] is [[derived]] [[that]] of [[since]] [[ever]] (Germ. von jener), [[what]] used to [[happen]], [[was]], is, the old [[custom]]; [[hence]], in propositions [[which]] [[state]], as the [[result]] cf [[experience]], [[that]] [[any]] [[thing]] is [[wont]] to [[take]] [[place]], at times ([[only]] ante-class. and [[poet]].): [[nunc]] lenonum [[plus]] est [[fere]], Quam [[olim]] muscarum'st, cum caletur [[maxime]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 45; cf. id. Mil. 1, 1, 2; id. Poen. 1, 2, 143; cf. also id. Trin. 2, 4, 123: [[saxum]] tumidis submersum tunditur [[olim]] Fluctibus, etc., Verg. A. 5, 125; id. ib. 8, 391: ut pueris [[olim]] dant [[crustula]] blandi Doctores, Hor. S. 1, 1, 25 Orell.: ut [[calceus]] [[olim]], Si pede major erit, subvertet, si [[minor]], uret, id. Ep. 1, 10, 42; id. C. 4, 4, 5: parentis [[olim]] si [[quis]] impiā manu Senile [[guttur]] fregerit, id. Epod. 3, 1: ut [[olim]] Amisso dubiae rege vagantur apes, Ov. F. 3, 555: [[color]] oris erat, qui frondibus [[olim]] Esse solet [[seris]], id. ib. 6, 149; id. M. 14, 429: an [[quid]] est [[olim]] homini [[salute]] [[melius]]? [[ever]], Plaut. As. 3, 3, 128: vestra meos [[olim]] si [[fistula]] dicat amores, if [[ever]], Verg. E. 10, 34.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now for a [[long]] [[time]], this [[good]] [[while]], [[long]] [[ago]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.; not in Cic.): [[olim]] non librum in [[manus]] sumpsi: [[olim]] [[nescio]], [[quid]] [[sit]] [[otium]], Plin. Ep. 8, 9, 1: [[audio]] [[quid]] veteres [[olim]] moneatis amici, Juv. 6, 346: nullas mihi epistulas mittas, Plin. Ep. 1, 11, 1: provisum erat, Tac. A. 13, 15: corruptis moribus, id. ib. 14, 15: [[olim]] jam nec perit [[quicquam]] mihi nec acquiritur, Sen. Ep. 77, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Of the [[future]], one [[day]], on a [[future]] [[day]], at a [[future]] [[time]], [[hereafter]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): audire [[edepol]] [[lubet]]. St. Primum omnium [[olim]] [[terra]] [[quom]] proscinditur, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 122: [[utinam]] [[coram]] [[tecum]] [[olim]], [[potius]] [[quam]] per epistulas! Cic. Att. 11, 4, 1: exoriare [[aliquis]] [[ultor]]...Nunc, [[olim]], [[quocumque]] dabunt se tempore [[vires]], Verg. A. 4, 625; cf.: non si [[male]] [[nunc]] et [[olim]] Sic erit, Hor. C. 2, 10, 17: [[forsan]] et haec [[olim]] meminisse juvabit, Verg. A. 1, 203: [[numquid]] ego [[illi]] Imprudens [[olim]] faciam [[simile]]? Hor. S. 1, 4, 137: vir nominabitur, Quint. 10, 1, 104.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ōlim</b>⁷ (ol-, [[olle]] = [[ille]]), adv.,<br /><b>1</b> [dans le passé] : autrefois, jadis, un jour : Enn. d. Cic. Br. 76 ; Cic. Div. 2, 55 ; Fam. 7, 24, 1 ; 15, 20, 2, etc.<br /><b>2</b> [futur] : un jour à venir, un jour, qq. jour : [[utinam]]... [[olim]]...! Cic. Att. 11, 4, 1, fassent les dieux qu’un jour... ! cf. Virg. En. 1, 203 ; 4, 625 ; Hor. O. 2, 10, 17 ; S. 1, 4, 137 ; Quint. 10, 1, 104<br /><b>3</b> [emplois part.] <b> a)</b> depuis longtemps : Cic. Arch. 19 ; [[olim]] [[nescio]] [[quid]] sit [[otium]] Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 9, 1, depuis longtemps je ne sais pas ce que c’[[est]] que du loisir, cf. Tac. Ann. 13, 15 ; 14, 15 ; Sen. Ep. 77, 3 ; <b> b)</b> [dans les [[compar]]. ou expr. proverbiales] de longue date, d’ordinaire : Pl. Mil. 2 ; Truc. 64 ; Virg. En. 5, 125 ; 8, 391 ; Hor. S. 1, 1, 25 ; Ov. M. 11, 508 ; F. 3, 555 ; 6, 149.
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{{Georges
|georg=ōlim, Adv. ([[alter]] Akk. [[von]] [[ollus]] = [[ille]]), [[seinerzeit]], I) zur Bezeichnung eines unbestimmten, [[ganz]] [[beliebig]] zu denkenden Zeitpunktes übh., [[einmal]], A) in der [[Vergangenheit]]: a) = [[ehemals]], [[einst]], [[sonst]], [[vor]] Zeiten, fuit [[olim]] [[senex]], Plaut. u. Ter. (s. Meißner Ter. Andr. 221): [[qui]] [[mihi]] dixit [[olim]], Cic.: [[alium]] [[esse]] censes [[nunc]] me [[atque]] [[olim]], cum dabam? Ter.: u. so korresp., [[olim]]... [[mox]], Tac.: [[olim]] [[vel]] [[nuper]], Cic.: [[olim]]... [[post]]... [[dein]]... [[nunc]], Sall.: verb. [[olim]] [[quondam]], Ter.: [[prius]] [[olim]], Plin.: [[olim]] [[quom]] (cum), [[damals]] [[als]], Ter. – ab [[olim]], Jordan. Get. praef. – attrib. = [[ehemalig]], [[olim]] conditores, Iustin. 2, 12, 3. – b) [[längst]], [[schon]] [[lange]], [[seit]] langer [[Zeit]], He. [[abi]] [[stultus]], [[sero]] [[post]] [[tempus]] venis. Er. [[igitur]] [[olim]] si advenissem, [[magis]] tu tum [[istuc]] diceres, Plaut.: [[hoc]] si [[quis]] pretii [[cupidus]] vidisset tui, [[olim]] redisses ad splendorem pristinum, Phaedr.: [[olim]] [[nescio]] [[quid]] sit [[otium]], Plin. ep.: scherzh., [[novi]] hominem [[olim]] oliorum, [[ich]] habe den Menschen [[von]] je und jerum gekannt, Petron. 43, 8. – B) in der [[Zukunft]]: a) [[einmal]] = [[künftig]] [[einmal]], [[einst]], [[dereinst]], [[non]] si [[male]] [[nunc]], et [[olim]] [[sic]] erit, Hor.: [[utinam]] [[coram]] [[tecum]] [[olim]] [[potius]] [[quam]] per epistulas (sc. colloquar), Cic.: [[olim]] [[quom]] (cum) sudum est, [[dann]], [[wann]], Plaut. (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 523. Meißner Ter. Andr. 545). – b) in [[Frage]]- u. Konditionalsätzen, [[einmal]] = je, [[jemals]], an [[quid]] est [[olim]] salute [[melius]], Plaut.: o [[mihi]] tum [[quam]] [[molliter]] [[ossa]] quiescant, vestra meos [[olim]] si [[fistula]] dicat amores! Verg. – II) zur Bezeichnung der fortdauernden [[Wiederkehr]] derselben Zustände = [[zuzeiten]], [[hin]] und [[wieder]], [[manchmal]], [[gewöhnlich]], [[bes]]. in Beispielen u. Vergleichen (s. Orelli Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 1, 25), [[color]] oris erat, [[qui]] frondibus [[olim]] [[esse]] solet [[seris]], Ov.: [[nunc]] lenonum [[plus]] est [[fere]], [[quam]] [[olim]] muscarum est, cum caletur [[maxime]], Plaut.: [[saxum]] tumidis submersum tunditur [[olim]] fluctibus, Verg.: ut pueris [[olim]] dant ([[gewöhnlich]] [[geben]] = zu [[geben]] [[pflegen]]) [[crustula]] blandi doctores, [[elementa]] velint ut discere [[prima]], Hor.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=olim. ''adv''. :: 昔日。有一日。方綫。— non stylum sumpsi 曰久未寫字。
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