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tum adv., of time Source etymology: 3 TA- .—Of time past, then, at that time, in those times : placuit tum id mihi, T.: qui tum vexare cupiebant: vastae tum in his locis solitudines erant, L.: Caere, opulento tum oppido, L.: tum Staienus condemnatus est, i. e. in that trial .—In emphatic opposition to other advv . of time : tu nunc tibi Id laudi ducis quod tum fecisti inopiā? T.: quae tabula, tum imperio tuo revolsa, nunc a me tamen deportata est: Et tum sicca, prius creberrima fontibus, Ide, O.—Of time present (only in orat. obliq ., for nunc ), now, at this time, then : quando autem se, si tum non sint, pares hostibus fore? if they were not now so , L.—Of time future, then, in that case, if that be done, thereupon : Tum meae . . . Vocis accedet bona pars, H.: confer sudantes, ructantes . . . tum intelleges, etc.: agedum, dictatorem creemus . . . Pulset tum mihi lictorem, qui sciet, etc., L.—Of time indefinite, then, at such a time, in such circumstances, in this instance, if so : nam quid agimus, cum sevocamus animum? . . . quid, inquam, tum agimus, nisi, etc.?—Repeated, tum . . . tum, sometimes . . . sometimes, now . . . now, at one time . . . at another : tum hoc mihi probabilius, tum illud videtur: dictator tum appellare tum adhortari milites, L.—Of succession in time, then, thereupon, next, afterwards, forthwith : conlocari iussit hominem in aureo lecto . . . Tum ad mensam eximiā formā pueros iussit consistere: tum, prope iam perculsis aliis tribunis, A. Virginius Caesoni capitis diem dicit, L.—In a series, repeated, or with other advv. or conjj . varying the expression: ducem Hannibali unum e concilio datum (a Iove), tum ei ducem illum praecepisse ne respiceret, illum autem respexisse, tum visam beluam vastam, etc.: tum . . . alias . . . tum . . . alias: tum . . . tum . . . aliquando: tum . . . tum . . . aut . . . aut: modo . . . tum autem.—Fig., of succession in thought, and then, besides, also, moreover, again, further, on the other hand : Quot me censes homines iam deverberasse, Hospites tum civīs? as well as , T.: faciendum est igitur nobis ut . . . veteranorum, tum legionis Martiae quartaeque consensus . . . confirmetur.—After a general clause with cum , introducing a particular or emphatic assertion: cum . . . tum, as . . . so, while . . . also, not only . . . but also, as . . . so especially : Quom id mihi placebat, tum uno ore omnes omnia Bona dicere, T.: cum omnium rerum simulatio vitiosa est, tum amicitiae repugnat maxime: movet patres conscriptos cum causa tum auctor, L.—Cum, followed by tum vero, tum maxime, tum praecipue or tum inprimis, while . . . in particular, not only . . . but especially, while . . . above all, not only . . . but chiefly : cum haec sunt videnda, tum vero illud est hominis magni, etc.: cum infamia atque indignitas rei impediebat, tum maxime quod, etc., Cs.: cum multa non probo, tum illud inprimis quod, etc.— Cum, followed by tum certe, tum nimirum, tum etiam, tum quoque or tum praeterea, while . . . at least, as . . . so assuredly, both . . . and as well, not only . . . but moreover : at cum de plurimis eadem dicit, tum certe de maximis: cum memoriter, tum etiam amice, etc.: cum potestas maior, tum vir quoque potestati par, etc., L.—Referring to a temporal clause, with cum .—Of coincidence of definite time, tum . . . cum, or cum . . . tum, at the time when, at a time when, even when, already when : tum, quom gratum mihi esse potuit, nolui, T.: cum minime videbamur, tum maxime philosophabamur: tum mittendos legatos fuisse cum Perseus Graecas urbes obsideret, L.—Of succession in time, then, next, at once, forthwith : id cum Sulla fecisset, tum ante oppidum Nolam Samnitium castra cepit: cum muros defensoribus nudasset, tum Afros ad subruendum murum mittit, L.—Of indefinite time, tum . . . cum, or cum . . . tum, at the time when, at a time when, at such times as, whenever : omnis praedictio mali tum probatur cum ad praedictionem cautio adiungitur: tum cum sine pondere suci Mobilibus ventis arida facta volant, O.—With ubi , of succession in time, then , next, at once, forthwith : ubi eorum dolorem cognovi, tum meum animum in illos proposui: ubi spectaculi tempus venit, tum orta vis, L.—Of indefinite time, ubi . . . tum, whenever : Post ubi tempust promissa iam perfici, Tum coacti necessario se aperiunt, T.—With postquam or postea quam , of succession in definite time, then, at once : tum vero postquam res sociorum ante oculos prope suos ferri vidit, suum id dedecus ratus, etc., L.: posteaquam e portu piratae exierunt, tum coeperunt quaerere homines, etc., as soon as .—In indefinite time, then, always : postquam commoditas prava dicendi copiam consecuta est, tum malitia praevertere urbīs adsuevit.—With ut , ut . . . tum, or tum . . . ut, when, after, as soon as : ut vero accessit cohortatio . . . tum vero filium seduxit: ut vero aquam ingressi sunt, tum utique egressis rigere corpora, L.—With quando , tum . . . quando, or quando . . . tum, when, as soon as : utinam tum essem natus quando Romani dona accipere coepissent.—With dum, then, meanwhile : dum se glomerant . . . tum pondere turris Procubuit, V.—With quam diu, then, so long : qui, quam tibi amicus non modo tum fuerit quam diu tecum in provinciā fuit, verum, etc.—With a relative, then, at that time : Quā tempestate Paris Helenam innuptis iunxit nuptiis, Ego tum gravida expletis iam fui ad pariendum mensibus, C. poët.—With an abl absol., then, thereafter, at once : ut morte eius nuntiatā tum denique bellum confectum arbitraretur: ita rebus divinis peractis tum de bello dictator rettulit, L.—Fig., in a conclusion after cum or si, then, therefore, consequently, in that case : cum magnus numerus deesset, tum iste homo coepit, etc.: quid tum quaeso, si hoc pater resciverit? T.: Si quidem me amaret, tum istuc prodesset, T. —In particular phrases, iam tum, already at that time, as soon as that : iam tum erat suspitio Dolo malo haec fieri, T.: ut mihi iam tum divinasse ille videatur hanc urbem esse, etc.—Tum demum or tum denique, then only, then at length, then at last, not till then, as late as that : tum demum Liscus, quod antea tacuerat, proponit, Cs.: quo cum venerimus, tum denique vivemus.—Tum primum, tum primo, or tum deinde, then first, then for the first time, not till then : ludorum gratiā, quos tum primum anniversarios in circo facere constituisset: tum primo, L.: quas cum solus pertulisset, tum deinde comitia conlegae subrogando habuit, L.— Hic tum, at this point, just here, just then : hic tum iniectus est hominibus scrupulus.—With emphatic particles , tum vero, tum enim vero, or enim vero tum, then indeed, just then, at that crisis, then if not before, then : discedit a Melino Cluentia. tum vero illa egregia mater palum exsultare . . . coepit: Quae postquam frustra temptata rogumque parari . . . Sensit, Tum vero gemitūs . . . Edidit, O.—Tum quidem, at that time, thereupon, then at least : et tum quidem incolumis exercitum liberavit; post triennium autem, etc.—Ne tum quidem, not even then : num quis horum miser hodie? ne tum quidem, post spiritum extremum.—Tum maxime or tum cum maxime, especially at that time, chiefly then, just then, precisely at that time : quem provincia tum maxime exspectabat: regi, tum maxime captivos ex Illyrico vendenti, at that very time , L.—Etiam tum, even then, even at that time, even already, even yet : totum se Servilio etiam tum tradidit: Ipsa ego non longos etiam tum scissa capillos, not yet long , O.—Tum quoque, also then, then likewise, then as before, then too, then once more, even then : tum quoque homini plus tribui quam necessitati: tum quoque multis milibus Latinorum in civitatem acceptis, L.—Tum autem, and then, besides further, moreover, nay even , statim se ad hominis egentis, tum autem iudicis, familiaritatem se applicavit: tanta enim tempestas cooritur . . . tum autem nives proluit, etc., Cs.— Tum ipsum, at that very time, just then, even then : id quod aliquando posset accidere, ne tum ipsum accideret, timere.—Quid tum? what then? what next? what further? : dic; cras est mihi Iudicium. quid tum? T.: videsne abundare me otio? A. quid tum?

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