Translation
while; until
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Examples
, discesserunt.
While this was going on, the enemy withdrew.
Exspecta .
Wait until I come back.
, spero.
While I live, I hope.
Romae , didici.
While I was in Rome, I learned a great deal.
.
I shall wait until day comes.
Dum does two jobs. Meaning 'while', it normally takes the present indicative even when the surrounding story is in the past: dum haec geruntur is 'while this was going on', and that present tense is the idiom rather than a slip. Meaning 'until', it takes the indicative for a plain fact and the subjunctive when there is waiting or intention in it, as after exspecta. With the subjunctive it can also mean 'provided that', usually written dummodo.
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 10: dum, modo, ante and 11 more words.