-tim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tim"

Latin

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of Proto-Indo-European *-tis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tim/, [t̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tim/, [t̪im]

Suffix

-tim

1. forms adverbs from verbs

   ‎currō (“I run, hurry, hasten”) + ‎-tim → ‎cursim (“quickly, swiftly, hastily, speedily”)

2. forms adverbs from adjectives

   ‎ūber (“copious, plentiful”) + ‎-tim → ‎ūbertim (“copiously, abundantly, plentifully”)

3. forms adverbs from nouns

   ‎tribus (“tribe”) + ‎-tim → ‎tribūtim (“by tribe, tribe by tribe”)

Usage notes

Verbs stems follow the same modifications when attached with this suffix as with -tus (See the usage notes for -tus where more details are given):

• ‎stringō (“draw thight, touch lightly”) + ‎-tim → ‎strictim
• ‎scindō (“cut”) + ‎-tim → ‎scissim
• ‎incidō (“cut short”) + ‎-tim → ‎incisim
• ‎dispergō (“scatter”) + ‎-tim → ‎dispersim
• ‎contemnō (“scorn”) + ‎-tim → ‎contemptim
• ‎permisceō (“mingle”) + ‎-tim → ‎permixtim

Noun stems may or may not follow similar modifications but the usage of -ātim is here more frequent:

• ‎tribus (“tribe”) + ‎-tim → ‎tribūtim but ‎vicis (“turn”) + ‎-tim → ‎vicissim

Derived terms

• -ātim

Latin terms suffixed with -tim

References

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN