Meaning of dum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. (with indicative) while, whilst, as, meanwhile (as), (for) as long as, until
2. (before a verbal substantive) during
3. (with subjunctive) until, long enough for
4. (with subjunctive) as long as, (for) so long as, provided (that), on the condition that

Examples

“Dum vīxī tacuī, mortua dulcē canō.”

While I lived I was quiet; dead I sweetly sing.

“dum erunt hominēs”

as long as there are humans (as long as humankind exists)

“fugit inreparabile tempus”

Irretrievable time flies away while, in thrall to love, we are carried about from one thing to another.

“Dum loquor, hōra fugit.”

While I speak, the hour flees away.

““Quid moror? An mea Pygmaliōn dum moenia frāter”

“What am I waiting for? Until my brother Pygmalion busts down these walls? Or the Gaetulian, Iarbas, drags me away, enslaved?”

“Oderint, dum metuant.”

Let them hate, so long as they fear.

“tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte ut dum sol occubuisset caute sepeliret eum”

And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.

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