Translation
only; just now
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Examples
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We stayed there only three days.
, .
Not everyone came, only a few.
advenit .
He has just arrived and already wants to leave.
, flet.
One moment he laughs, the next he weeps.
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Give me just one day.
Modo is the ablative of modus ('measure') frozen into an adverb, and it pulls in two directions: 'only, merely' when it limits a quantity, and 'just now, a moment ago' when it fixes a time. Doubled up as modo ... modo it means 'now ... now', switching between two states. Watch for it fused onto dum: dummodo with the subjunctive means 'provided that', which is a different word doing a different job.
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 10: modo, ante, ibi and 11 more words.