suffix
-tim
-tim
Classical[tĩː]Ecclesiastical[tim]
Meaning
- morphemeforms adverbs from verbs with the meaning "by ...-ing"
currō (“to run, hurry, hasten”) + -tim → cursim (“quickly, swiftly, hastily, speedily”)
scindō (“to cut”) + -tim → scissim
- morphemeforms some adverbs from nouns
ūber (“udder, teat; copiousness”) + -tim → ūbertim (“copiously, abundantly, plentifully”)
tribus (“a tribe”) + -tim → tribūtim (“by tribe, tribe by tribe”)
Origins
Adverbial accusative of Proto-Indo-European *-tis.