demum

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.mum/, [ˈdeː.mũ]

Etymology 1

Adverbial accusative of an unattested superlative adjective *dēmus, from dē.

Adverb

dēmum (not comparable)

  1. finally, at last, eventually
    Dēmum post longam vītam Herculēs ā deīs receptus est.
    Finally after a long life Hercules was received by the gods.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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
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