pedetemptim

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Latin

FWOTD – 12 September 2018

Etymology

From pes (“foot”) +‎ tendō (“stretch out, extend”) +‎ -tim.

Pronunciation

Adverb

pedetemptim (comparative pedetemptius, superlative pedetemptissimē)

  1. gradually, cautiously, step-by-step
    • 3rd–2nd century BCE, Cato the Elder:
      Eam ego viam pedetemptim temptabam.
      I myself was cautiously attempting this path.
    Synonyms: paulātim, gradātim

Alternative forms

References

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