Meaning of olim | Babel Free

Definitions

1. formerly, in time past, some time ago
   not-comparable
2. once upon a time
   not-comparable
3. one day, once, at some (future) time
   not-comparable, poetic
4. often, for some time
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Dixerat 'O mores! O tempora!' Tullius olim, sacrilegum strueret cum Catilina nefas,”

Cicero once said, "Oh, the manners! Oh, the times!", When prosecuting Catiline of a sacrilegious crime,

“Princeps quoque et locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit, manente villa qualis fuerat olim”

Even after [Vespasian] became emperor, he used constantly to visit the home of his infancy, where the manor-house was kept as it once was.

“Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit”

Someday, perhaps, remembering even this will be a pleasure.

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