dummodo
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdʊm.mɔ.dɔ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdum.mo.do]
Conjunction
dummodo [with subjunctive]
- provided (that), on the condition that
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.22:
- Sed est tantī, dummodo ista sit prīvāta calamitās et ā reī pūblicae perīculīs sēiungātur.
- But it is worthwhile [to me], provided that this misfortune is private and separated from the dangers to the republic.
- Sed est tantī, dummodo ista sit prīvāta calamitās et ā reī pūblicae perīculīs sēiungātur.
References
- “dummodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dummodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dummodo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.