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|lshtext=<b>dum</b>:<br /><b>I</b> conj. [for dium, acc. from [[dius]]; cf. diu, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 856], denotes the [[temporal]] [[relation]] of [[two]] actions to cach [[other]],<br /><b>I</b> As contemporaneous, or,<br /><b>II</b> As in [[immediate]] [[succession]], so [[that]] [[with]] the [[commencement]] of one [[action]] the [[other]] ceases.<br /><b>I</b> As contemporaneous.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Without [[respect]] to the limits of the [[two]] actions, [[while]], whilst, [[during]] the [[time]] in [[which]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., construed [[with]] the indicative, [[except]] in [[oratio]] obliqua, [[where]] the subjunctive [[was]] [[sometimes]] used. In Aug. poets and [[late]] [[prose]] the subjunctive [[often]] stands in [[oratio]] [[directa]], v. the [[following]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indic. [[praes]].: dum cum hac usuraria Uxore mihi [[nunc]] [[morigero]], haec curata sint Fac sis, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 25; so id. Aul. 4, 2, 14; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 19; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11; Cic. Clu. 32 fin.; Verg. E. 3, 75; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 190 et saep.— In the [[praes]]. histor.: dum haec loquimur, [[interea]] loci ad [[macellum]] ubi advenimus, etc., Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 18; Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Div. in Caec. 17, 56: dum haec geruntur, Caesari nuntiatum est, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 1; cf. these forms of [[transition]], id. ib. 3, 17, 1; 4, 32, 1; 4, 34, 3; 5, 22, 1; 6, 7, 1; 7, 57, 1; id. B. C. 1, 56, 1; 2, 1, 1 et saep. dum ea conquiruntur et conferuntur, nocte intermissa [[circiter]] hominum milia VI ad Rhenum contenderunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 27, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 37, 1; id. ib. 1, 36, 1; Liv. 21, 7, 1; Verg. G. 4, 559.—In the imperf.: dum haec in [[Appulia]] gerebantur, [[Samnites]] ... urbem non tenuerunt, Liv. 10, 36 fin.; 21, 53; 41, 14; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Tac. Agr. 41; cf.: dum is in aliis rebus erat [[occupatus]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91—In the fut.; [[nunc]] animum advortite Dum [[argumentum]] hujus eloquar comoediae, Plaut. Am. prol. 96.—In the perf.: dum Cyri et Alexandri [[similis]] esse voluit, Crassorum [[inventus]] est dissimillimus, Cic. Brut. 81, 292; so id. Mur. 27, 55; id. Fin. 2, 13; id. Phil. 14, 12, 33; id. Att. 1, 16, 2; Nep. Reg. 2, 2 al.—In the pluperf.: dum in unam partem oculos animosque hostium [[certamen]] averterat, pluribus locis scalis capitur [[murus]], Liv. 32, 24.—In the fut. perf.: [[bellum]] [[ingens]] geret [[Italia]]... [[Tertia]] dum Latio regnantem viderit [[aestas]], Verg. A. 1, 265.—Prov.: dum loqueris, i. e. this [[instant]], Petr. 99.—In the [[oratio]] obliqua: dic, [[hospes]], Spartae, nos te hic vidisse jacentes, Dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur, Poëta ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; Liv. 2, 57; 26, 16; Tac. A. 15, 59; id. H. 1, 33; Ov. M. 4, 776 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subj. In [[oratio]] obliqua: dixisti, dum Planci in me [[meritum]] verbis extollerem, me arcem facere e [[cloaca]], Cic. Planc. 40; so id. de Or. 1, 41 fin.; id. Mur. 24; id. Att. 5, 17, 3; Sall. C. 7, 6; Tac. H. 4, 17 fin. al.—In [[oratio]] [[recta]]: o [[quotiens]] ausae, caneret dum valle sub alta, Rumpere mugitu carmina docta boves, Tib. 2, 3, 19: dum [[intentus]] in eum se rex [[totus]] averteret, etc., Liv. 1, 40, 7: dum ea in Samnio gererentur, id. 10, 18, 1; Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 2; Verg. G. 4, 457; Mart. 1, 22, 1; Hirt. B. Hisp. 23; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 35; id. Caes. 39; Hyg. Fab. 12 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> When the [[principal]] [[action]] is an [[immediate]] and [[sudden]] [[sequence]] of [[that]] described in the [[clause]] [[with]] dum, [[subito]] or [[repente]] is [[often]] used in the [[principal]] [[clause]]: dum [[tempus]] teritur, [[repente]] milites, etc., Liv. 29, 9, 5: dum advenientes [[filia]] interrogat, [[repente]] in osculis, etc. Suet. Aug. 99: dum Appium [[orno]], [[subito]] [[sum]] [[factus]] accusatoris ejus [[socer]], Cic. Att. 6, 6, 1; Hirt. B. Afr. 61.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> When the actions are [[simply]] presented as contemporaneous, [[interea]], jam or [[interea]] jam is [[often]] used in the [[principal]] [[clause]]: dum haec [[mecum]] [[reputo]], accersitur lavatum [[interea]] [[virgo]], Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 44; Cic. Quint. 6, 28: dum ea Romani parant, jam [[Saguntum]] oppugnabatur, Liv. 21, 7, 1; cf. also: dum ... [[interim]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 8; id. Men. 1, 3, 31; Liv. 21, 47, 7 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., of [[duration]] in the [[present]], [[now]], [[yet]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> In [[combination]] [[with]] [[etiam]] [[primum]], and esp. freq. [[with]] the negations non, nec, ne, [[haud]], [[nihil]], [[nullus]], [[nemo]], v. h vv.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Colloq., as an enclitic [[with]] imperatives and interjections (by [[some]] [[separately]] written ades dum, abi dum, etc, [[but]] v. Ritschl, Opusc Phil p. 567 sq.), orig, acc of [[time]], a [[moment]], a [[second]], a [[little]] [[Sosia]] [[adesdum]], paucis te [[volo]], Ter. And 1, 1, 2 abidum, id. Heaut. 2, 3, 8 circumspicedum, Plaut Trin. 1, 2, 109: dicdum, Ter. Hec 5, 3, 5 facitodum, id. Heaut 3, 2, 39 iteradum, Poëta ap. Cic. Att. 14, 14 jubedum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 7: manedum, id. Bacch. 4, 6, 24; Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 4: memoradum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 103: tacedum, id. Men. 2, 2, 73: tangedum, id. Rud. 3, 5, 5 al.: agedum ([[most]] freq.), id. Am. 2, 2, 151; 5, 1, 29; id. As. 4, 1, 1; 5, 1, 1 et saep. (for [[which]], agidum, id. Trin. 2, 2, 89 Ritschl ad loc.); Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Hec. 3, 1, 35; id. Phorm. 5, 3, 1; Cic. Sull. 26; Liv. 7, 9; 9, 16 al.; Cat. 63, 78; Stat. Th. 7, 126 al.: agitedum, Liv. 3, 62 Drak.; 5, 52; 7, 34 fin.: cedodum, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 15: ehodum, id. And. 1, 2, 13; 2, 1, 24; 3, 5, 10; id. Eun. 2, 3, 68; also in Plaut. in enumerations: primumdum (= Gr. πρῶτον μέν), Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 26; id. Most. 2, 1, 53; id. Trin. 1, 2, 61 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With [[respect]] to the [[temporal]] [[limit]] of [[both]] actions, i. q. [[tamdiu]] [[quam]] or [[usque]] eo, as [[long]] as, [[while]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit. ([[with]] indic. [[when]] the [[duration]] of the [[action]] in the [[principal]] [[clause]] is [[alone]] [[implied]], [[except]] in the [[oratio]] obliqua).—In [[praes]].: [[bene]] [[factum]] a [[vobis]], dum vivitis, non abscedet, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 16, 1 fin.; so Cic. Lael. 4, 14; id. de Sen. 23, 86; id. Fin. 3, 2, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin. al.—In fut.: [[quid]] illos opinamini animi habuisse [[atque]] habituros, dum vivent? [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 10, 13, 17; Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; Cic. Rosc. Am. 32 fin.; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 1, 607 sq. et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subj., [[often]], [[when]] the [[clause]] [[with]] dum expresses a [[desired]] [[end]], or refers to an [[indefinite]] [[future]]: non [[tibi]] venit in mentem, Si, dum vivas, [[tibi]] [[bene]] facias, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 76: [[pars]], dum [[vires]] suppeterent, eruptionem censebant, Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 2: ut sua [[sponte]], dum [[sine]] periculo liceret, excederet Gadibus, id. B. C. 2, 20, 3: hoc unum esse [[tempus]] de [[pace]] agendi, dum sibi [[uterque]] confideret ut pares [[ambo]] viderentur, id. ib. 3, 10, 7: de quo (sc. [[animo]]) dum disputarem, tuam mihi dari vellem, [[Cotta]], eloquentiam, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 147 Bait. (v. Roby, Gram. 2, 284 sq.). —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With [[tamdiu]], [[tantum]], [[tantummodo]], [[tantisper]], [[usque]]; or opp. [[postea]], [[postquam]], [[deinde]], ubi, [[nunc]], etc.—With [[tamdiu]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3; id. Cat. 3, 7; id. de Sen. 12, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 33 fin.; id. Att. 9, 6, 5 al.—With [[tantum]], Liv. 27, 42.—With [[tantummodo]], Sall. J. 53, 3.—With [[tantisper]], Plaut. Truc. prol. 11; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 44; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 54.—With [[usque]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5: dum ... [[postea]], id. Mur. 12, 26—dum ... [[postea]] [[quam]], Caes. B. G. 7, 82, 1; Cic. Rosc. Am. 43 fin.—dum ... [[postquam]], Sall. J. 53, 3; Liv. 21, 13; cf. Ter. And. 1, 1, 27—dum ... [[deinde]], Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5; Liv. 27, 42, 13—dum ... sed ubi, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 37; Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 5—dum ... [[nunc]], Ter. And. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 11.—For [[tamdiu]] ... dum, [[less]] freq. dum ... dum, as [[long]] as ... so [[long]]: sic [[virgo]] dum intacta manet, dum cara suis, Cat. 62, 45 and 56; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 16: dum habeat, dum amet, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 23 (al. tum).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> In [[Plautus]] [[repeatedly]] [[with]] an [[emphatic]] [[quidem]], Plaut. As. 2, 4, 57; 5, 2, 20; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 48; id. Merc. 2, 3, 53; id. Ps. 1, 5, 92.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> In conditional relations as a restrictive [[particle]], [[like]] [[quatenus]] and [[duntaxat]], so [[long]] as, if so be [[that]], provided [[that]], if [[only]] (so [[regularly]] [[connected]] [[with]] the subjunctive; freq. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): dum pereas, [[nihil]] [[interduo]] aiant vivere, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 36: Ly. Concede, inspiciam [[quid]] [[sit]] [[scriptum]]. Cu. Maxime, Tuo arbitratu, dum auferam abs te id [[quod]] [[peto]], id. Curc. 3, 58; cf.: dum res maneant, verba fingant arbitratu suo, Cic. Fin. 5, 29 fin.: oderint, dum metuant, Att. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 28, 97: [[licet]] lascivire, dum [[nihil]] metuas, Cic. Rep. 1, 40 et saep.; in the imperf.: qui [[sese]] in cruciatum dari cuperet, dum de patris morte quaereretur, id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; Sall. C. 40, 4; id. J. 68, 3; Quint. 10, 1, 33: An. Non [[pudet]] vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41; so [[without]] a [[verb]], Cic. Fam. 7, 9; id. Ac. 2, 32, 104; Quint. 4, 1, 70; 9, 4, 58; 10, 3, 5; cf.: dum [[eatenus]], id. 1, 11, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With an [[emphatic]] [[modo]], and [[often]] in one [[word]], [[dummodo]]: [[aeque]] [[istuc]] [[facio]] [[dummodo]] Eam des, quae [[sit]] quaestuosa, etc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 189; id. Aul. 2, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 2, 98; Cic. Rep. 3, 3; id. Off. 3, 21; id. Cat. 1, 5; 9; Prop. 3, 17, 17 (4, 16, 17 M.); Ov. F. 5, 242 al.; cf.: [[sin]] [[autem]] jejunitatem ... [[dummodo]] [[sit]] polita, dum urbana, dum [[elegans]], in Attico genere ponit, etc., Cic. Brut. 82, 285: [[dummodo]] [[sit]] [[dives]], [[barbarus]] [[ille]] placet, Ov. A. A. 2, 276.—Separated by [[other]] words: mea nil [[refert]], dum patiar [[modo]], Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28: certumst pati, dum illum [[modo]] habeam [[mecum]], id. Heaut. 3, 1, 57; Val. Fl. 5, 265.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[tamen]], and, in [[Plautus]] (cf. [[above]], 1. c.), [[with]] [[quidem]].—With [[tamen]], Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 314; Cels. 3, 4; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 2, 12, 7; 8 prooem. § 32; Dig. 39, 22, 4.—With [[quidem]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 20; id. Aul. 2, 2, 34; cf. the foll. [[number]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[negative]] conditional clauses, [[with]] ne, so [[long]] as not, provided [[that]] not, if [[only]] not: VTEI. SENATVS. NOSTER. DECERNERET. DVM. NE. MINVS. SENATORIBVS. C. ADESENT., S. C. de Bac. ([[thrice]]): id faciat [[saepe]], dum ne [[lassus]] fiat, [[Cato]], R. R. 5, 4; Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 137; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 8, 26; id. Curc. 1, 1, 36; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 12; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4; 8, 11, B fin.; Liv. 3, 21 Drak.; 28, 40; Ov. H. 3, 81.—So [[too]], [[dummodo]] ne, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7; id. Att. 12, 45 al.: dum [[quidem]] ne, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 89.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With a causal [[accessory]] [[notion]], [[until]], [[long]] [[enough]] for, etc ([[very]] [[rare]], [[only]] [[with]] subjunctive) [[obsidio]] [[deinde]] per paucos [[dies]] [[magis]] [[quam]] [[oppugnatio]] fuit, dum [[vulnus]] ducis curaretur, Liv 21, 8; cf. id. 24, 40; Suet Aug. 78 fin. nam se [[quoque]] moveri finget, dum aditum sibi ad aures faciat, Quint. 4, 1, 46.<br /><b>II</b> In [[immediate]] suceession, [[until]], [[until]] [[that]] ([[with]] the subjunctive or the indicative, as the [[idea]] of [[aim]] or [[simply]] of [[time]] predominates; cf. e.g.: [[quid]] dicam, [[quantus]] [[amor]] bestiarum [[sit]] in educandis custodiendisque iis, quae procreaverunt, [[usque]] ad eum finem, dum possint se ipsa defendere? Cic. N. D. 2, 51 fin.: ea mansit in condicione [[atque]] pacto [[usque]] ad eum finem, dum judices rejecti sunt, id. Verr. 1, 6, 16; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 32; id. Eun. 1, 2, 126; Liv. 4, 21 fin.; 27, 42. [[Cicero]] [[generally]], [[Caesar]] [[always]] employs the subjunctive).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subj.: is dum veniat, sedens ibi opperibere, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 14; cf.: [[paulisper]] [[mane]], dum edormiscat unum somnum, id. Am. 2, 2, 64; cf. also Cic. Att. 7, 1, 4; so [[with]] exspectare, id. Lael. 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.; 4, 13, 2; Liv. 3, 11 fin.: Tac. Or. 19 fin.; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 42; Luc. 5, 303 et saep.; [[with]] morari, Hirt. B. G. 8, 28; Liv. 4, 21 fin.; 22, 38 al.; cf. [[infra]], β: sic [[deinceps]] omne [[opus]] contexitur, dum justa muri [[altitudo]] expleatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 4; id. B. C. 1, 58, 4; cf.: [[multa]] [[quoque]] et [[bello]] [[passus]], dum conderet urbem Inferretque deos Latio, Verg. A. 1, 5: ut [[spatium]] intercedere posset, dum milites convenirent, legatis respondit, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 7 fin.: [[Caesar]] ex eo tempore, dum ad [[flumen]] Varum veniatur, se [[frumentum]] daturum pollicetur, from [[that]] [[time]] [[until]], etc., id. B. C. 1, 87, 1: differant in [[tempus]] aliud, dum defervescat ira, Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78 (cf. ib.: dum se ipsi colligant): [[quippe]] qui moram temporis quaererent, dum [[Hannibal]] in Africam traiceret, Liv. 30, 16 fin. et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indic.: tu hic nos, dum eximus, [[interea]] opperibere, Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 5; so [[with]] opperiri, Cic. Att. 10, 3; [[with]] manere aliquem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28; [[with]] exspectare, id. Eun. 1, 2, 126; [[with]] morari, Liv. 27, 42; cf.: causas innecte morandi, Dum pelago desaevit [[hiems]], Verg. A. 4, 52: retine, dum ego huc servos [[evoco]], Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 89; cf.: Tityre, dum [[redeo]], pasce capellas, Verg. E. 9, 23: struppis, quibus [[lectica]] deligata erat, [[usque]] [[adeo]] verberari jussit, dum animam efflavit, Gracch. ap. Gell. 10, 3, 5; cf. in the perf., Prop. 1, 3, 45; in the fut., id. 1, 14, 14. See Hand, Turs. II. pp. 303-330.

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|georg=dum ([[wie]] alle Zeitadv. [[auf]] um [[[wie]] cum, tum] das [[Neutrum]] eines verloren gegangenen Pronomens), I) Adv., eig. = [[für]] [[jetzt]], enklitisch [[mit]] andern Wörtern verbunden [[als]]: a) [[mit]] den Wörtern [[non]], [[nullus]], [[haud]], [[vix]] etc., [[deutsch]]: [[noch]], [[nondum]], [[noch]] [[nicht]], Cic.: so [[auch]] [[necdum]], Liv., od. [[nequedum]], Cic.: [[neque]] [[dum]] [[satis]], [[noch]] [[nicht]] [[genug]], Cic. fr.: [[nullusdum]], nulladum etc., [[noch]] keiner usw., Liv.: [[vixdum]], [[kaum]] [[noch]], Cic.: [[nihildum]], [[noch]] [[nichts]], Cic. u. Liv.: [[aber]] [[nedum]] (sc. dicam, eig. um [[noch]] [[nicht]] zu [[sagen]]), geschweige [[denn]], Cic. – b) [[mit]] dem Imperat., [[nun]], [[doch]] [[noch]], [[age]] [[dum]], Cic.: [[agite]] [[dum]], Liv.: [[ades]] [[dum]], bleib [[für]] [[jetzt]] ([[doch]] [[noch]]) da, Ter.: itera [[dum]], Cic.: [[dic]] [[dum]], Ter.: facito [[dum]], Ter.: so [[auch]] [[ehodum]], höre [[doch]], Ter. – c) [[mit]] [[qui]], [[wie]], [[qui]] [[dum]]? [[wieso]]? Ter. – d) [[mit]] [[primum]], [[nun]], [[primum]] [[dum]], Plaut. – II) Coni.: 1) in-, [[während]] der [[Zeit]] daß, [[während]], [[indes]], [[indem]], zur [[Angabe]] der Gleichzeitigkeit zweier Handlungen [[oder]] [[des]] Eintretens [[einer]] [[Handlung]] [[während]] der [[Dauer]] [[einer]] andern, gew. [[mit]] dem [[Indikativ]]; in der [[oratio]] obliqua u. in Absichtssätzen [[mit]] dem Konjunktiv, Cic. u.a. – 2) so [[lange]] [[als]], zur [[Angabe]], daß die [[Dauer]] der [[einen]] [[Handlung]] an die [[Dauer]] der andern geknüpft [[sei]], [[mit]] dem [[Indikativ]]; in Absichtssätzen [[mit]] dem Konjunktiv, Cic. u.a.: [[tam]] [[diu]], [[dum]], Cic.: [[dum]]... [[tantisper]], Ter. – 3) so [[lange]] [[bis]], [[bis]] daß, [[bis]], zur [[Angabe]], daß die [[Handlung]] [[des]] Hauptsatzes dauere [[bis]] zum [[Eintreten]] der [[Handlung]] im Nebensatze, [[mit]] dem [[Indikativ]]; [[aber]] [[bei]] [[Angabe]], daß das [[Ziel]] [[ein]] erstrebtes, gewolltes, [[bloß]] [[als]] [[möglich]] gedachtes, übh. [[als]] unbestimmte [[Zukunft]] erscheint, [[mit]] dem Konjunktiv, Cic. u.a.; dah. [[dum]]... [[dum]], so [[lange]]... so [[lange]] (= [[wie]] [[lange]] ...so [[lange]], s. [[Quint]]. 9, 3, 16), Acc. tr. 395 sq. Plaut. truc. 231. Catull. 62, 45 u. 56; vgl. Schömann Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 89. – 4) [[insoweit]], [[insofern]], [[wenn]] [[oder]] [[wofern]] [[nur]], zur Beschränkung in Bedingungssätzen, [[mit]] dem Konjunktiv, Ter., Sall., Cic. u.a.: verstärkt [[dummodo]], Cic. u.a.: [[auch]] getrennt [[dum]] potiar [[modo]] Ter. – [[ebenso]] [[auch]] dumne, [[dum]]... ne, [[wenn]] [[nur]] [[nicht]], [[Komik]]. u. Cic.; verstärkt [[dummodo]] ne, Cic.

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