donec
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Latin dōnique, dōnicum, from Proto-Indo-European *de (see there for more). Compare dum from same source.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdoː.nek/, [ˈd̪oːnɛk]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.nek/, [ˈd̪ɔːnek]
Conjunction
[edit]dōnec
- while, as long as, until, denotes the relation of two actions at the same time
- Donec, infecta pace, armis desilirent.
- While, with peace broken off, they dismounted with arms.
- Et non cognoscebat eam, donec peperit filium, et vocavit nomen eius Iesum.
- And he did not have relations with her until she had given birth to a son, and he named him Jesus.
- Dōnec venit Sōl per auram.
- Until the Sun has come through the air.
References
[edit]- “donec”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “donec”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- donec 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)
- donec in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- donec in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber, p. 282