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. Compare denique.

Adverb

dēmum (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. only, exclusively

   Synonyms: sōlum, tantum, modo

Etymology 2

See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).

Alternative forms

• dēmon

Noun

dēmum m

1. 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.