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Latin
Etymology
From pes (“foot”) + tendō (“stretch out, extend”) + -tim.
Pronunciation
Adverb
pedetemptim (comparative pedetemptius, superlative pedetemptissimē)
- 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.