totiens
Latin
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editAdverb
edittotiēns (not comparable)
- so often, so many times
- Synonym: aliquotiēns
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.581–582:
- “‘Occiderit ferrō Priamus? Troiā ārserit ignī?
Dardanium totiēns sūdārit sanguine lītus?’”- “‘[After] Priam has fallen by the sword? With Troy consumed by fire? The Dardan shore having sweated blood so many times?’”
(An expression of surprise or indignation posed as questions using three future perfect verbs: occiderit, arserit, sudarit. Here, “totiens” refers to the bloodshed throughout the Trojan War.)
- “‘[After] Priam has fallen by the sword? With Troy consumed by fire? The Dardan shore having sweated blood so many times?’”
- “‘Occiderit ferrō Priamus? Troiā ārserit ignī?
- as often, as many times
- the same number of times
- Synonym: totidem
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editReferences
edit- “totiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “totiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- totiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.