Latin adverb
tum
tum is a Latin adverb. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “then”.
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from tum to the words it goes with.
Tum arcam ipsam in mare coniecit.
Then he cast the ark itself into the sea.
Tum: tells how or when about coniecit.
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.
Tum: tells how or when about invitavit.
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.”
tum: tells how or when about inquit.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| tum | Adverb | 3 |
Words it goes with
Joined to tum by an arc in these lines, most often first.