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tandem , adv. tam and the demonstr. termination dem; prop. just so far; hence, transf. to time, after so long, after a long time, implying the end of long delay or expectation,
I.at length, at last, in the end, finally (cf.: denique, postremo).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
2. Strengthened,
(α). By jam: “jam tandem aedes igitur,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 39 Brix; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 103: “jam tandem Italiae fugientis prendimus oras,Verg. A. 6, 61; so id. ib. 10, 890; “12, 497 (cf.: jam denique,id. ib. 2, 70.—
(β). By aliquando: “aliquando tandem huc animum ut adjungas tuum,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 61; cf.: “tandem aliquando L. Catilinam ... ex urbe ejecimus,Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1; so, “tandem aliquando,id. ib. 1, 7, 18; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Fam. 11, 27, 5; 16, 9, 4; v. aliquando.—
(γ). Pleon., with denique: “tandem denique asinali verecundiā ductus,App. M. 4, p. 153, 3; so, “tandem denique,id. ib. 3, p. 138, 39; 10, p. 245, 16; cf.: “recreatus denique tandem,Amm. 17, 12, 10.—
II. Transf., for denique, finally, to mark the final clause of a series (very rare), Quint. 12, 1, 25.
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