dummodo Latin · revision 31996

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la dum, ine-pro *med-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdʊm.mɔ.dɔ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdum.mo.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dummodo''' (conjunction)^(OLD 2012)

+ It is also written as two words, and its parts can be separated by other words.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dum|modo|t1=while, as long as|t2=only]].^(OLD 2012) The adverb [[m|la|modo]] is a derivative of [[m|la|modus|t=measure]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*medo-|t=measure, judgement]] and [[ine-pro|*med-o-|t=measure]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|meřs|t=law]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short's first examples are in Plautus, as “I do the same, provided you give me one who is profitable”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It introduces a condition, with the subjunctive: provided that, if only, as long as.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it often, also in the negative ''dummodo nē'', and Ovid has “provided he is rich, the barbarian pleases”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Terence splits it, as in “it is nothing to me, provided I only suffer it”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “provided that, if only, as long as”,^(Stelten 1995) and Köbler records it in Justinian's Code and in medieval law codes and charters.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a condition.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence with its parts separated.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, also with ''nē''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of the rich barbarian who pleases.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # [[m|en|provided|alt=Provided]] that, if only, as long as, with the subjunctive;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary) ''dummodo nē'', provided that not.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dum]]

+ * [[modo]]

+ * [[modus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}