dumtaxat
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Latin > English
dumtaxat ADV :: to this extent, no more than; as long as; only, precisely; merely; at any rate
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 || [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.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
