dumtaxat

Latin

Alternative forms

• duntaxat, dum taxat

Etymology

From dum (“as, while, during”) +‎ taxat (3rd person singular present active indicative of taxō). Literally, "as one examines", "as one may judge".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dunˈtak.sat/, [d̪ʊn̪ˈt̪äks̠ät̪]
• (modern Italianate 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)