during Copy link Outline 1. pĕr (throughout, in the course of2. inter (while something is going on3. sŭper (like inter, but rare4. ĭn (at a point of time in5. (before a verbal subs.) dum, with pres. tense of corresponding verb6. expr. by abl. absol. • during: 1. pĕr (throughout, in the course of: with acc.): d. night, per noctem, Liv.: d. sleep, per somnum, Cic.: d. the (entire) space of three years, per triennium, Cic. 2. inter (while something is going on: with acc.): this I have dictated d. supper, haec inter coenam dictavi, Cic.: d. the early stages (of a complaint), inter initia, principia, Cels.: d. the drinking, inter pocula, Virg. 3. sŭper (like inter, but rare: with acc.): d. supper, s. coenam, Plin. Ep.: Curt. 4. ĭn (at a point of time in: with abl.): v. in. 5. (before a verbal subs.) dum, with pres. tense of corresponding verb: d. these preparations, transactions, debates, dum haec parantur, aguntur, agitantur, etc.: v. L. G. § 393. 6. expr. by abl. absol.: d. the consulate of Marius, Mario consule, Cic.: d. the king's pleasure, *durante (regis) bene placito: d. his lifetime, *vivo ipso, etc. Phr.: d. sleep (esp. with ref. to dreams), secundum quietem (but also, in quiete), Cic.: d. the interval, interea, interim (v. MEANWHILE): he delivered the letter d. supper, coenantibus nobis epistolam tulit, Cic.: to do a thing d. sleep, aliquid dormientem facere, Cic.: d. nine campaigns, novem aestatibus, Vell.: Tac.: d. the day-time, interdiu, Caes.: d. the night, noctu, Caes.