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ĕtĭam-tum and (more rarely) ĕtĭam-tunc, conj., even then, till that time, till then, still.

  1. I. With imperf. tense (so usually): omnes etiamtum retinebant illum Pericli sucum; sed erant paulo uberiore filo, Cic. de Or. 2, 22 fin.: etiamtum vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur, Sall. C. 2, 1; id. J. 63, 6: manebant etiamtum vestigia monentis libertatis, Tac. A. 1, 74: nam etiamtum Agricola Britanniam obtinebat, id. Agr. 39; Suet. Tib. 42; so with cum, while … still: cum isti etiamtum de Sthenio in integro tota res esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39 fin.; cum etiamtum, id. ib. 2, 5, 34; Sall. J. 51, 2.
    1. B. The imperf. is sometimes represented by,
      1. 1. A part. or adj.: trepida etiamtum civitate, Sall. J. 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 21, 2; Tac. A. 1, 49: quam defunctam praetextatus etiamtunc pro rostris laudavit, Suet. Calig. 10: cum viderem, ne vobis quidem omnibus re etiamtum probata, si, etc., Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 4.
      2. 2. By the praes. histor.: narrat, ut virgo ab se integra etiamtum siet, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 70.
      3. 3. By the pluperf.: neque is deductus etiamtum ad eam (erat), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 22.
  2. II. With other tenses (very rare): illi qui etiamtum, cum misereri mei debent, non desinunt invidere, Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1; cf. App. M. 3, p. 134, 1. Vid. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 596-600.