Latin conjunction and preposition
cum
cum is a Latin conjunction and preposition. In the 8 analysed lines it was read in, it means “when” (5 times), “with” (3 times) and “since” (2 times).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from cum to the words it goes with.
Comprehendit igitur Perseum adhuc infantem, et cum matre in arca lignea inclusit.
Therefore, he seized Perseus while still an infant, and shut him up with his mother in a wooden chest.
cum: preposition taking matre.
Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Suns are able to set and rise again: for us, when once the brief light has set, there is one perpetual night to be slept through.
cum: introduces the clause of occidit.
Tum, cum uxores ipse et populus suus non haberent, invitavit ad spectaculum ludorum vicinas urbi Romae nationes atque earum virgines rapuit.
Then, since he himself and his people had no wives, he invited to a spectacle of games the nations neighboring the city of Rome, and he seized their maidens.
cum: introduces the clause of haberent.
Id cum libenter accepissem atque ab eo petere coepissem ne dubitaret ducere, tum ille ‘Faciam,’ inquit, ‘si mihi fidem quam postulo dederis.’
When I had gladly accepted that and had begun to beg it from him that he should not hesitate to lead, then he said, “I will do it, if you give me the trust that I ask for.”
cum: introduces the clause of accepissem.
…quoque reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cotidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt, cum aut suis finibus eos prohibent aut…
For this reason, the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in courage, because they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, since they either keep them from their own territory or themselves wage war in their territory.
cum: preposition taking Germanis.
Et cum orta subito tempestate non comparuisset, anno regni tricesimo septimo ad deos transisse creditus est et consecratus.
And when he had not suddenly appeared, a storm having arisen, in the thirty-seventh year of his reign he was believed to have passed to the gods and was consecrated.
cum: introduces the clause of comparuisset.
Simul me ad aram adduxit, apud quam sacrificare instituerat, eamque ceteris remotis tenentem iurare iussit numquam me in amicitia cum Romanis fore.
At the same time, he led me to the altar, at which he had decided to sacrifice, and commanded me, while holding it (the altar) and with the others removed, to swear that I would never be in friendship with the Romans.
cum: preposition taking Romanis.
…secunda centum, deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum, dein, cum milia multa fecerimus, conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus, aut ne…
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then continually another thousand, then a hundred, then, when we have made many thousands, we will mix them up, lest we know, or lest any evil person be able to envy, when he knows there are so many kisses.
cum: introduces the clause of fecerimus.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| cum | Conjunction | 7 |
| cum | Preposition | 3 |
Words it goes with
Joined to cum by an arc in these lines, most often first.