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modo (modō, C. poët.), adv. (sometimes passing into a conj.) Source etymology: abl. of modus . I. In gen., by a measure, with a limit ; hence, only, merely, solely, simply, but, no more than : unum modo: oppido modo potiti, the bare town , S.: parvam modo causam timoris adferre, Cs.: delectationem modo habere, nunc vero etiam salutem: circi modo spectaculum fuerat, L.: modo ut haec nobis loca tenere liceat; see also dum, solum, tantum.—In urgent commands or wishes, only : modo facito ut illam serves, only be sure to , T.: modo fac, ne quid aliud cures: tu modo . . . impende laborem, V.: vos modo animos mihi adhibete, Cu.—In the phrase, modo non, only not, almost : modo non montīs auri pollicens, T.—In the phrase, non modo, much less : quos clientīs nemo habere velit, non modo illorum cliens esse.—Usu. followed by sed or verum, not only . . . but : non modo ceteri, sed tu ipse: ne non modo intrare, verum aspicere possim: non modo non credibiliter, sed ne suspi<*> ciose quidem: non modo honeste, verum etiam communi luce.—But non modo usu. stands for non modo non, before ne . . . quidem, when both clauses have the same predicate: non modo proditori, sed ne perfugae quidem locus fuit: ut id non modo neglegentiae meae, sed ne occupation<*> quidem tribuas.— II. In conditions, with ut and subj, if but, provided only, on condition that : scies Modo ut tacere possis, T.: concede, ut impune emerit, modo ut bonā ratione emerit.—As conj, if only, provided that, on condition that : manent ingenia senibus, modo permaneat industria: ea mihi probantur, modo ne illa exceptio incurrat, etc.—Elliptic, but, but yet, if only, however : decerne, modo recte: bonis viris faciendum est modo pro facultatibus: veniam quo vocas, modo adiutore te.—With relatives, in any degree, at all, only, merely, even : servus, qui modo tolerabili condicione sit servitutis: philosophus, in quo modo esset auctoritas: primi, quā modo praeirent duces, tamen signa sequebantur, wherever , L.—With si, if only, if but : tu si modo es Romae: scis, si modo meministi, etc.: Persequar inferius, modo si licet ordine ferre, O.— III. Of time, just now, just: La . advenis modo? Pa . admodum, T.: modo nunc, V.: modo iam, Tb.— Just now, but this moment, a little while ago, lately, recently : quid dico nuper?: immo vero modo ac plane paulo ante: quae modo consulem osculata filium suum, nunc cruciatur: si hodie bella sint, quale Gallicum modo, L.— Presently, immediately, directly, in a moment : domum modo ibo, T.: modo prohiberi etiam se senatūs consulto diceret, L.—In correlation, with modo repeated, or with another adv.: modo . . . modo, now . . . now, at one moment . . . at another, sometimes . . . sometimes : modo ait, modo negat, at times he says yes, at times no , T.: Cotta meus modo hoc, modo illud: citus modo, modo tardus incessus, S.: nunc . . . modo, L.: modo . . . Nunc, O.: nobilitas perculsa modo per socios, interdum per equites, S.: saepe cum anellis, modo laevā inani, H.: modo . . . modo . . . saepe, S.—With tum or deinde, at first . . . then, at one time . . . at another : sol modo accedens, tum autem recedens: dicere modo unum, tum autem plurīs deos: ilex, paulum modo prona, deinde flexa, S.

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