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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adverbial accusative of an unattested superlative adjective *dēmus, from dē. Compare denique.
Adverb
dēmum (not comparable)
- finally, at last, eventually
- Synonyms: tandem, postrēmō
Dēmum post longam vītam Herculēs ā deīs receptus est.- Finally after a long life Hercules was received by the gods.
- only, exclusively
- Synonyms: sōlum, tantum, modo
Etymology 2
See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “ people”).
Noun
dēmum m
- accusative singular of dēmos
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.