whilst
WHILE WHILST
conjunction dum (during the time that; as; denoting that one event is contemporary with another; generally joined with the present indicative even when events of the past time are spoken of but we sometimes find the perfect: dum in the sense of quamdiu “as long as when referring to the past time is regularly joined with the imperfect; Zumpt § 506 507; the answering clause often begins with subito repente: to mark a sudden unexpected event integer jam interea jam in Liv. interim): donec (not used = “as long as” before Augustan poets and Liv.): cum (at the time when denoting simultaneousness with the perfect or imperfect indicative the perfect being used in historical narratives the imperfect in descriptions: the simultaneousness is marked more emphatically by adding interea or interim; Zumpt § 580). As used to point out the coexistence of two states etc. that should not coexist cum interea or cum only; e.g. bellum subito exarsit cum Ligarius domum spectans nullo se negotio implicari passus est (“while Ligarius all the while ” etc.).
conjunction dum (during the time that; as; denoting that one event is contemporary with another; generally joined with the present indicative even when events of the past time are spoken of but we sometimes find the perfect: dum in the sense of quamdiu “as long as when referring to the past time is regularly joined with the imperfect; Zumpt § 506 507; the answering clause often begins with subito repente: to mark a sudden unexpected event integer jam interea jam in Liv. interim): donec (not used = “as long as” before Augustan poets and Liv.): cum (at the time when denoting simultaneousness with the perfect or imperfect indicative the perfect being used in historical narratives the imperfect in descriptions: the simultaneousness is marked more emphatically by adding interea or interim; Zumpt § 580). As used to point out the coexistence of two states etc. that should not coexist cum interea or cum only; e.g. bellum subito exarsit cum Ligarius domum spectans nullo se negotio implicari passus est (“while Ligarius all the while ” etc.).