just (adv.) Copy link Outline I. Exactly1. expr. by ipse, with a subs. (L. G. § 376)2. maxĭmē (usu. with ref. to time)3. commŏdum (of time only)4. admŏdum (rare)5. in phr., just as, pĕrinde (proinde), ac, ut, quasi6. in phr. j. so, in answersII. Only1. mŏdo (with imperat.) = do but hush! just listen! st, tace; ausculta modo, Pl.2. quīn, with indic. (= imperat.)III. In phr. j. now, i. e. a few moments agoIV. With prep. before or after, denoting close proximity in timeV. Narrowly; hardly • just (adv.): I. Exactly: 1. expr. by ipse, with a subs. (L. G. § 376): j. at the very nick of time, in tempore ipso, Ter. Andr. 5, 6, 10: esp. with numerals, j. thirty days, triginta dies ipsi, Cic. Att. 3, 21. 2. maxĭmē (usu. with ref. to time): j. as he was speaking thus, haec quum m. loqueretur, Cic. Verr. 5, 54, 142: j. lately, nuper m., Caes. B. C. 3, 9. (So Pl. uses maximus: it is j. time that ..., tempus maximum est ut ...). 3. commŏdum (of time only): you had j. left yesterday when ..., c. heri discesseras, quum (with indic.), Cic. Att. 13, 9: Pl.: Gell. 4. admŏdum (rare): the month of February having j. expired, exacto admodum mense F., Liv. 43, 11, med. 5. in phr., just as, pĕrinde (proinde), ac, ut, quasi: not j. as I had thought, non p. atque ego putaram, Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3: with subj. = just as if, perinde (al. proinde) ac vellent, Caes. B. C. 3, 60: with ut = just as, in proportion as, Cic. de Or. 3, 56, init. (There can be no doubt that proinde in this constr. = perinde: cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 1, proinde aestimans ac si: proinde quasi, just as if, is frequent: Cic. Mil. 31, 84: Ter.) 6. in phr. j. so, in answers: ĭta plane, ita prorsus existimo, prorsus isto modo: cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5 and 6. II. Only: 1. mŏdo (with imperat.) = do but hush! just listen! st, tace; ausculta modo, Pl.: cf. Cic. Div. Verr. 14, 46, vide modo; etiam atque etiam considera. 2. quīn, with indic. (= imperat.): j. hold your tongue, quin taces! Ter. Andr. 2, 3, 25: j. let us mount, quin conscendimus equos, Liv. 1, 57. III. In phr. j. now, i. e. a few moments ago: mŏdo: cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, nuper ... quid dico, nuper? immo vero, modo, ac plane paullo ante: Phaedr. 1, 9, 9: Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 2. IV. With prep. before or after, denoting close proximity in time: sub (with acc.): denoting nearness in time, before or after: j. about (j. before) nightfall, sub noctem, Caes. B. G. 1, 28: cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 10, sub galli cantum: cf. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. sub (II.). V. Narrowly; hardly: vix, vixdum: v. scarcely.