etiamtum

Latin

Alternative forms

etiamtunc

Etymology

etiam (“yet”) +‎ tum (“then”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /e.tiˈan.tum/, [ɛt̪iˈän̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /et.t͡siˈan.tum/, [et̪ː͡s̪iˈän̪t̪um]

Conjunction

etiamtum (chiefly with imperfect tense verbs)

even then, till that time, till then, still
(cum ... etiamtum) while ... still

Usage notes

Though the this conjunction primarily takes imperfect tense verbs, it has been known to take participles, adjectives, historical present verbs, and pluperfect tense verbs.

References

“etiamtum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
etiamtum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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