provided (conj.) Copy link Outline 1. dummŏdo (with subj.)2. dum (with subj.)3. mŏdo (only let ... with subj.4. in legal documents, ea lege, ea conditione (R. and A.) • provided (conj.): 1. dummŏdo (with subj.): they care for nothing, p. only they gain power, omnia negligunt, d. potentiam consequantur, Cic. Off. 3, 21, init.: Ov. Also as two words, dum ... modo (infreq.): Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28 (dum patiar modo). In a negative sentence, dummodo = provided that ... not: Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185. 2. dum (with subj.): Cic. Fin. 5, 29, extr., et saepe: Ter.: Quint. Dum ne = p. that ... not, Cato R. R. 5, med.: Cic. 3. mŏdo (only let ... with subj.: in animated language): the mental faculties remain, p. zeal and application remain, manent ingenia, modo permaneat studium atque industria, Cic. Sen. 7, 22: id. Br. 16, 64: modo ne: p. that ... not: id. Off. 1, 30, 105. (Modo si, Ov. Tr. 2., 263: hardly in prose.) 4. in legal documents, ea lege, ea conditione (R. and A.): v. terms.