dumtaxat
τὸν θάνατον τί φοβεῖσθε, τὸν ἡσυχίης γενετῆρα, τὸν παύοντα νόσους καὶ πενίης ὀδύνας → why fear ye death, the parent of repose, who numbs the sense of penury and pain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dumtaxat: (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.
I 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.—
II Hence, defining a limit, either as maximum or as minimum, exactly, of the proper measure, which may be not more, or not less.
A (Not more, i. e.) Only, simply, merely = tantummodo.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 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.—
B (Not less, i. e.) At least = saltem.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dumtăxăt¹⁰ ou dunt-, 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
