donec

donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos
as long as you are successful, you will have many friends silentium fuit, donec consul rediit
there was silence until the consul returned

dōnec: (adv.), as long as, while; until, till at length, w. indic., 1.273; w. subj., 11.860. (contract. fr. dōnicum, until)

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 (58); id. Capt. 2, 2, 89 (339); id. Most. 1, 2, 34 (117); id. Ps. 4, 7, 72 (1174); id. Truc. 1, 1, 18 (39); 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 post-Aug. 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).
• • • • • α 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. ... Romanā 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.—
        • β 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).
• • • • • α With indic. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 575): ne quoquam exurgatis, donec a me erit signum datum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 106 (745): haud desinam, donec perfecero hoc, Ter. Phorm. 420; cf. ib. 590: 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 (601).—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.—
        • β 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.—
        • γ Ellipt. without a verb: neque quisquam hominem conspicatu'st donec in navi super, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 82 (192); cf. in foll. b.
        • γ.—
      • b With usque, usque adeo, usque eo, eo usque, in tantum.
      • • α With indic.: ibo odorans usque donec persecutus volpem ero vestigiis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 114 (269); id. Rud. 3, 4, 11 (716); Ter. Ad. 718: 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 (582); Ter. And. 662: 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.—
        • β 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 (811): nec eo usque trahatur spiritus donec deficiat, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—
        • γ Ellipt. without a verb usque illud visumst Pamphilo ne utiquam grave, Donec jam in ipsis nuptiis, Ter. Hec. 126; cf. above, a.
        • γ.—
  • 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 (58); id. Most. 1, 2, 35 (118); Tac. A. 2, 82. Cf. Hand, Turs. II. 291-299.

dōnec, Coni. (aus doneque, donique = denique), I) so lange als od. noch, zur Angabe, daß die Dauer der einen Handlung an die Dauer der andern geknüpft sei, nach ihr sich richte, mit dem Indikativ; aber bei kausaler Beziehung zwischen Haupt- u. Nebensatz mit dem Konj., Komik., Liv. u.a. – II) so lange bis, bis daß, bis endlich, bis wirklich (s. Müller Liv. praef. § 9), zur Angabe, daß die Handlung des Hauptsatzes dauere bis zum Eintreten der Handlung im Nebensatze, mit dem Indikativ; aber wenn das Ziel als ein erstrebtes, gewolltes, bloß als möglich gedachtes, überhaupt als unbestimmte Zukunft erscheint, mit dem Konj., Komik., Cic. u.a. – korresp. m. usque, Komik. u. Cato: m. usque adeo, Cato: m. usque eo, Cic.: od. eo usque, Liv.: m. in tantum, Col.: tam diu... donec, Marc. Emp. 16.

donec [CL] 1 until: a (actual event, usu. w. indic.); b (expected or intended event, w. subj.). a non quievit accensus ~ec ‥ oceanum ‥ delamberet Gildas EB 24 (v. delambere); neque caelorum culmina / carent nocturna nebula, / ‥ / donec nimbo ac nubibus / torve teguntur trucibus (Aldh.) Carm. Aldh. 1. 59; donēc †sūpernam [v. l. suppremam] claudebat tempore vitam Id. VirgV 593 (cf. ib. 2159: sic ‥ degit lectissima virgo, / donēc supremam clausissent saecula metam); lux caelestis apparuit ~ec ‥ vicini abstulerunt corpus Bede HE I 33 (cf. ib. IV 24 p. 268: regnum ‥ reges externi disperdiderunt, ~ec legitimus rex ‥ gentem suam ‥ liberaret); donēc ipse fidem concepit pectore toto Alcuin SS Ebor 166; ~ec ‥ direxerat Id. WillP 22 (v. depellere a); donēc absterserat omnem / lux solis limpham Æthelwulf Abb. 242; Uluuard tenuit ‥ ~ec mortuus fuit DB I 43v; ~ec opus integre compleretur G. Hen. V 6 p. 42.  b supremis donec solvantur saecula flammis Aldh. VirgV 1656; manere illos ‥, ~ec videret quid eis faceret, jussit Bede HE I 25; ~ec sciam quid de me fieri Deus velit Ib. V 19 p. 329; 9‥ ~ec transeat, oð þæt þe gewiteþ WW; non cibus utilis est donec stomachus vacuetur D. Bec. 2776; consideret ~ec certior fiat ‥ cognitio Balsh. AD rec. 2 48; 1219 (v. deducere 1a); ~ec ‥ steterit Sacrob. Sph. 85 (v. cosmometra); 1289 ~ec cognitum fuerit (v. condemnatio 2); non dimittit eum in pace ~ec [ME: ear þenne] omnia petita concesserit AncrR 90. 2 while, as long as. ~ec, quamdiu GlC D 344; 9‥ ~ec, i. dum, þa hwile WW; ut sibi ~ec viveret necessaria vitae inde donaret DB I 59; oportet ut aqua fluat a sedibus suis ~ec durat hujusmodi ebullitio vaporum Bacon Maj. I 140; Wycl. Ver. I 187 (v. convertibiliter).

dōnĕc, (7) conj.

I indic., ¶ 1 jusquʼà ce que [qqf. en corrélation avec usque eo ] : usque eo timui.., donec... venimus Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, jʼai craint... jusquʼau moment où nous en sommes venus... ( Tull. 14) ; de comitiis, donec rediit Marcellus, silentium fuit Liv. 23, 31, 9, on ne parla pas des comices jusquʼau retour de Marcellus || jusquʼà ce quʼenfin : neque finis huic crudelitati fiebat, donec populus... senatum coegit ut... Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 87, et ce supplice cruel continuait, quand enfin le peuple força le sénat à..., cf. Pl. Amph. 598 ; Liv. 45, 7, 4 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 17 ; etc.; legiones diutius sine consulari fuere, donec... A. Vitellius aderat Tac. H. 1, 9, les légions restèrent assez longtemps sans consulaire ; mais enfin A. Vitellius était là... ¶ 2 aussi longtemps que, tant que : Hor. , Ov. etc. ; Liv. 6, 13, 4, etc.; Tac. Ann. 1, 61 ; 14, 50 ; H. 1, 37, etc.

II subj., ¶ 1 [nuance consécutive restrictive] jusquʼà ce que pourtant enfin : (elephanti) trepidationis aliquantum edebant, donec quietem ipse timor fecisset Liv. 21, 28, 10, (les éléphants) montraient une assez grande agitation, le temps que la crainte même les eût apaisés ; temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, donec... deterrerentur Tac. Ann. 1, 1, pour raconter le siècle dʼAuguste il ne manqua pas de beaux génies jusquʼà ce que pourtant ils fussent détournés... (mais enfin ils furent détournés...) || de sorte que à la fin : centurionem Sisennam variis artibus aggressus est, donec Sisenna vim metuens aufugeret Tac. H. 2, 8, il entreprit le centurion Sisenna par mille manœuvres, tant quʼà la fin Sisenna, redoutant un acte de violence, sʼenfuit, cf. 1, 79 ; Ann. 1, 32, etc. || [dans Tacite, donec subj. marque le terme dʼune situation en train de se dérouler] : arma ad tribunos suos deferebant, donec motum a Vespasiano bellum crebresceret H. 2, 67, ils rendaient leurs armes à leurs tribuns, mais enfin se répandit le bruit que Vespasien avait commencé les hostilités, cf. 3, 10, etc. ¶ 2 [qqf. nuance participiale, comme dum ] : (elephanti) nihil sane trepidabant donec continenti velut ponte agerentur Liv. 21, 28, 10, (les éléphants) ne tremblaient pas du tout en passant sur cette espèce de pont continu.

donec . conj.
至到。間。— dabit prolem 候其生。— eris felix 汝方福之時。 Expecta — veniat 候其到。

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dōnec conj.

• shortened from donicum, as long as, while: Donec canities abest, H.: (elephanti) nihil trepidabant, donec ponte agerentur, L.: donec quisquam supersit, L.—Until, till at length: haud desinam Donec perfecero hoc, T.: neque finis fiebat, donec populus senatum coëgit, etc.: donec redit, silentium fuit, L.: canit, Cogere donec ovīs Iussit Vesper, V.: Danuvius plurīs populos adit donec erumpat, Ta.: cornu duxit, donec coirent capita, V.: moveri vetuisse puerum, donec experrectus esset, i. e. before, L.—With usque, all the time until: usque adeo donec, T.: usque eo timui donec ad reiciendos iudices vēnimus: eo usque vivere donec, etc., L.: usque Sessuri, donec cantor ‘Vos plaudite’ dicat, H.