dumtaxat

Latin

Alternative forms
  • dum taxat

Etymology

From dum +‎ taxat.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /dunˈtak.sat/, [d̪ʊn̪ˈt̪äks̠ät̪]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dunˈtak.sat/, [d̪un̪ˈt̪äksät̪]

Adverb

dumtaxat (not comparable)

  1. to this extent
  2. insofar as
  3. only, simply, merely
  4. at least
  5. (introducing a limiting clause or condition) Provided that, as long as

References
  • “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)
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