iamiam

jam-jam (or separat. jam jam), the strengthened jam,

• already, now: o jamjam, optume, praeceptis paruisti, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 72 (419): jamjam faciam ut jusseris, id. Curc. 5, 3, 29 (707): jamjam intellego, Crasse, quid dicas, Cic. de Or. 3, 24; id. Brut. 14, 55; id. Phil. 2, 34, 87: jamjam nulla mora est, Verg. A. 2, 701: jamjam casurae arces, Ov. M. 12, 588; v. iam, I. A. 1. b. α.