dumtaxat
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom dum (“as, while, during”) + taxat (3rd person singular present active indicative of taxō). Literally, "as one examines", "as one may judge".
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /dunˈtak.sat/, [d̪ʊn̪ˈt̪äks̠ät̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dunˈtak.sat/, [d̪un̪ˈt̪äksät̪]
Adverb
editdumtaxat (not comparable)
- to this extent
- insofar as
- only, simply, merely
- at least
- (introducing a limiting clause or condition) provided that, as long as
References
edit- “dumtaxat”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dumtaxat”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dumtaxat in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dumtaxat in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dumtaxat” on page 636 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)