demum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.mum/, [ˈd̪eːmʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.mum/, [ˈd̪ɛːmum]
Etymology 1
Adverbial accusative of an unattested superlative adjective *dēmus, from dē.
Adverb
dēmum (not comparable)
- finally, at last, eventually
- Dēmum post longam vītam Herculēs ā deīs receptus est.
- Finally after a long life Hercules was received by the gods.
Etymology 2
See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).
Alternative forms
Noun
(deprecated template usage) dēmum m
References
- “demum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “demum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- demum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.