A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

dumtaxat (adv.), also duntaxat (adv.): [dum + taxat]: exactly, only; to this extent, no more than; insofar as; only, simply, merely; at least; not less than, at most; “to this extent, so far, in so far, as far as this matter is concerned; (hence, defining a limit, either as maximum or as minimum): exactly, of the proper measure, (which may be) not more, or not less, not more (i.e. only, simply, merely = tantummodo; not less (i.e. at least = saltem (Lewis & Short;

- non dumtaxat = non modo,

- non eos dumtaxat, sed omnes, not only these, but all of them.

- [term; ‘only’] Resina est liquor pinguis & oleaginosus ex arbore seu sponte seu ea vulnerata destillans, quae in aqua non dissolvitur sed in oleo duntaxat, &c flammam facile concipit (Ray), resin is a fatty and oleaginous liquid substance distilling (i.e. dripping] from a tree either spontaneously or when it is wounded, which does not dissolve in water but only in oleo, and easily produces a flame.

- provenit in Еtruria, dumtaxat quantum nobis hactenus observare licuit, in nemorosis Falteronae jugis: in Pisciensi agro per saltum Coenobii Patrum Сарucinorum vulgariter dicti del Torricchio (Mich.), it occurs in Etruria, at least as much as can be observed by us up to now, in the glade-rich ridges of Falterona; in the Pisciensis region throughout the [forest pastures] of the Monastery of the Capucine Fathers commonly called ‘del Torricchio.’

- Bellidastrum est plantae genus, а Веllide dumtaxat diversum seminibus pappis instructis & thalamo floris non pyramidato (Michel.), Bellisastrum is a sort of plant, only different from Bellis by the seeds provided with pappi and the thalamus [i.e. seed-bed or receptacle] of the flower not pyramidate.

- Аnagallidastrum est plantae genus, ab Anagallide diversum, foliis per caulem alternis: flore in quatuor dumtaxat partes diviso (Mich.), Anagallidastrum is a type of plant, different from Anagallis by the leaves alternate along the stem: with the flower divided exactly into four parts.

- Нepatica est plantae genus, floribus monopetalis, campaniformibus, in nonnullis speciebus per limbum in plures partes dehisсentibus; in una vero dumtaxat apicem tamquam operculum propellentibus, sed sterilibus, repletis filamentis tenuissimis, & pulverulentis (Mich.), hepatica is a kind of plant, with monopetalous flowers [i.e. the ‘petals’ joined at the edges into one], campaniform [i.e. bell-shaped], in some species dehiscent into many parts through the limb; in one [sc. plant], in fact propelling the apex just like an operculum, but sterile, filled with very thin and pulverulent filaments. NOTE: at the time, probably the ‘pulverulent’ filaments were covered with spores, the filaments elaters].