urceatim

Latin

Etymology

From urceus (“pitcher, water pot, jug”) +‎ -ātim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ur.keˈaː.tim/, [ʊrkeˈäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ur.t͡ʃeˈa.tim/, [urt͡ʃeˈäːt̪im]

Adverb

urceātim (not comparable)

1. in buckets, in pailfuls (about rain)

   urceātim pluēbat

   it was pouring with rain, it was bucketing down

References

• “urceatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• urceatim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.