At interiores, dum ea quae a Vercingetorige ad eruptionem praeparata erant proferunt, priores fossas explent, diutius in his rebus administrandis morati prius suos discessisse cognoverunt, quam munitionibus appropinquarent.
This is true: Occidat dum imperet, was the watchword and very cognizance of the Roman imperator.
But almost equally it was his watchword-- Occidatur dum imperet.
The Christian poet Prudentius dwelt on this aspect of the games in some forcible lines:-- "Virgo modesta jubet converso pollice rumpi Ne lateat pars ulla animae vitalibus imis Altius impresso dum palpitat ense secutor.
Omnis adulter sive a concelebratione, sive a communicatione mensae, sive a colloquio, sive a comitatu, usquedum poeniteat, excludendus est.
ALICE It's only a rattle-- DUM [Stamps wildly and tears his hair.
The eldest Oyster winked his eye And shook his heavy head-- DUM [Looks at DEE.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
