Exempla antiqua

Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners

Dum (indicative) roundup

Manē dum scribit.

Plautus, Bacchides 737

Manē dum narrō .

Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 1404

da mī sāvium, dum illīc bibit.

Plautus, Stichus 764
  = mihi
suāvium, -ī, n.   a kiss
illīc   there

Hominēs dum docent discunt.  

Seneca Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 7.1.1

tetigit calicem clanculum,/ dum misit nardum in amphoram cellarius.

Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 823

tangō, tangere, tetigī, tactus   to touch
calix, calicis, m.    (wine) cup, goblet
clanculum secretly
nardus, -i, m.   nard [a plant]; oil derived from the plant
cellarius, -i, m.   steward, butler