Allen & Greenough · Part First — Words and Forms › Particles §216. Derivation of AdverbsA phrase or short sentence has sometimes grown together into an adverb (cf. notwithstanding , nevertheless , besides ):—
postmodo , presently (a short time after). dēnuō (for dē novō ), anew. vidēlicet (for vidē licet ), to wit (see, you may).nihilōminus , nevertheless (by nothing the less).Note. —Other examples are: anteā , old antideā , before ( ante eā , probably ablative or instrumental); īlicō ( in locō ), on the spot, immediately; prōrsus , absolutely (prō vorsus , straight ahead ); rūrsus ( re-vorsus ), again; quotannīs , yearly (quot annīs , as many years as there are ); quam-ob-rem , wherefore; cōminus , hand to hand ( con manus ); ēminus , at long range ( ex manus ); nīmīrum , without doubt ( nī mīrum ); ob-viam (as in īre obviam , to go to meet ); prīdem (cf. prae and -dem in i-dem ), for some time; forsan ( fors an ), perhaps (it's a chance whether); forsitan ( fors sit an ), perhaps (it would be a chance whether); scīlicet (†scī , licet ), that is to say (know, you may; cf. ī-licet , you may go ); āctūtum (āctū , on the act , and tum , then ).← §215 Derivation of Adverbs §217 Classification of Adverbs → J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.