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minutatim

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Latin

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Etymology

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From minūtum (small, minute, dimished) +‎ -ātim. Compare Pre- and Post-Classical Latin minūtim.

Adverb

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minūtātim (not comparable)

  1. little by little, piecemeal
  2. gradually
  3. singly, one by one

References

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  • minutatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • minutatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • minutatim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.