Donec, Aduerb. Plaut.Vntil.Vsque donec. Ter. Certum obsidere est vsque donec redierit. Vsque adeò donec. Tere. Nunquam destitit orare vsque adeò donec perpulit. So long vntil be forced me to it.Donec tibi id quod pollicitus sum, effecero. Ter. -donec regina sacerdos Marte grauis geminam partu dabit Ilia prolem. Vir. Donec ad hæc tempora peruentum est.Liu. Donec, pro quandiu.Ouid.So long as: whiles that.Donec eris fœlix multos numerabis amicos.So long as thou shalt be in prosperitie.
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dōnĕc, conj. [shortened from ante- and post-class. form dōnĭcum, from old dative doni (dioni; for root, etc., v. dies) and conj. cum; prop. at the time of day when; form donicum, Liv. And., Cato and Plaut. ap. Charis. p. 178 P.; Cato, R. R. 146, 2; 149, 2; 161, 3; Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 19; id. Capt. 2, 2, 89; id. Most. 1. 2, 34; id. Ps. 4, 7, 72; id. Truc. 1, 1, 18; Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.; Nep. Ham. 1, 4.—In the Inscr. of Orell. 4370 DONIQVIES is i. q. DONIQUE IS, and donique = donicum; so, donique, Lucr. 2, 1116; 5, 708 Lachm.].—Donec denotes the relation of two actions in time, I. As contemporaneous, as long as, while, during the time in which; or, II. As in immediate succession, until, up to the time at which (synonymous with dum, I. B. and II.—in the ante-class. and postAug. periods freq.; four times in Cic. only in signif. II. with indic.; not in Caes.). I.As long as, while (so perh. not till the Aug. period). (a). With indic.: neque dulces amores Sperne, puer, Donec virenti canities abest, Hor. C. 1, 9, 17: donec gratus eram tibi, etc.... Persarum vigui rege beatior ... Donec non alia magis Arsisti, etc.... Roman vigui clarior Iliā, id. ib. 3, 9, 1, and 5; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 53; Liv. 2, 49; 6, 13; Tac. A. 14, 50; id. H. 4, 12; id. Or. 8; 40 al.: donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 5.—(b). With subj.: (elephanti) nihil sane trepidabant, donec continenti velut ponte agerentur, Liv. 21, 28 fin.; Tac. A. 1, 51: edixit ne quis militis, donec in castris esset, bona possideret, etc., Liv. 2, 24; 4, 2; 60; 21, 10; 25, 11; Tac. H. 4, 35; id. A. 15, 64 al.II.Until, till at length (so in all periods). (a). With indic. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. 575): ne quoquam exurgatis, donec a me erit signum datum, Plaut. Bacch, 4, 4, 106: haud desinam, donec perfecero hoc, Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 73; cf. ib. 4, 1, 24: neque tamen finis ... fiebat, donec populus senatum coëgit, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, 87; id. Tull. 6, 14: hic regnabitur ... donec regina sacerdos geminam partu dabit Ilia prolem, Verg. A. 1, 273; id. G. 4, 413 et saep.: neque credebam Donec Sosia fecit sibi uti crederem, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 51.—So with perf., Lucr. 2, 1130; Liv. praef. 3, 48; 23, 31; Prop. 1, 9, 29; Verg. E. 6, 85; id. A. 2, 630; Hor. S. 1, 3, 103; id. Ep. 1, 10, 35 et saep.: me attrectare nefas, donec me flumine vivo abluero, Verg. A. 2, 720: socii consurgere tonsis ... Donec rostra tenent siccum, etc., id. ib. 10, 301; cf. id. ib. 268; Val. Fl. 8, 290; Liv. 1, 54 fin.—(b). With subj.: Actia pugna refertur, donec alterutrum velox Victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 63.—So in the praes., Quint. 1, 1, 33; Tac. A. 2, 6; id. H. 5, 6; id. G. 1; 20 al.—In the imperf., Verg. A. 11, 860; Sen. Ep. 70; Quint. 11, 3, 6; Tac. H. 1, 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 6: trepidationis aliquantum edebant, donec quietem ipse timor fecisset, Liv. 21, 28 fin.—So with pluperf., Liv. 45, 7 fin.—(g). Ellipt. without a verb: neque quisquam hominem conspicatu'st donec in navi super, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 82; cf. in foll. b. (g). .—b. With usque, usque adeo, usque eo, eo usque, in tantum.(a). With indic.: ibo odorans usque donec persecutus volpem ero vestigiis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 114; id. Rud. 3, 4, 11; Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6: id. aliquoties in die facito usque adeo donec sal desiverit tabescere biduum, Cato R. R. 88, 1; so id. ib. 2; Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 40; Ter. And. 4, 1, 38: usque eo timui, ne, etc.... donec ad reiciendos judices venimus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6 fin.: eo usque me vivere vultis, donec haud ambiguum regem mea morte faciam, Liv. 40, 8 fin.: (humum) in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9.—(b). With subj.: usque Sessuri, donec cantor "Vos plaudite" dicat, Hor. A. P. 155: ni istunc invitassitis Usque adeo, donec, qua domum abeat nesciat, Peristis ambo, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 32: nec eo usque trahatur spiritus donec deficiat, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—(g). Ellipt. without a verb usque illud visumst Pamphilo ne utiquam grave, Donec jam in ipsis nuptiis, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 51; cf. above, a. (g). .—B. With negatives, donec often limits the time within which something is done or to be done, without implying that it is done or to be done after the limit; Engl., till, before, within a certain time: moveri vetuisse puerum, donec experrectus sit, Liv. 1, 39, 2; Hor. C. 3, 5, 45: si respexis, donicum ego te jussero, te dedam, etc., Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 19; id. Most. 1, 2, 35; Tac. A. 2, 82. Cf. Hand, Turs. II. 291-299.