C. As a relative of time = "when."
E.g., l. 569: Sur le point que la vie, etc.
APPENDIX V.
EN.
Reference to the derivation of this word will do much to remove the difficulty attending a clear understanding of its various functions.
i.
EN, PREPOSITION, from the Latin in, offers no stumbling-block save in its second use = "as" or "like."
Eg., Esth. l. 1192: on va donner en spectacle = "as a spectacle."
l. 174; il nous croit en horreur = "he thinks us an object of horror." Cf. also l. 246 and l. 1177.
In Corneille's "Le Cid" (l. 318) vivre en infâme = "to live [as] an infamous man."