LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

carptim

carptim (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkarp.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkarp.tim]

Meaning

  1. not comparableby pieces, in parts, piecemeal, separately
  2. not comparableat different places or points, on different sides
  3. not comparableat different times, from time to time, now and then

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

carptim, adv. carptus, carpo (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare; not in Cic.),
I. by pieces, by detached parts, in parts, separately: favos congerere in qualum, Col. 9, 15, 12: res gestas carptim perscribere, Sall. C. 4, 2 Kritz; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 2; 8, 4, 7: carptim divisis agris, into small pieces, Suet. Dom. 9: carptim breviterque perstringi, Plin. Pan. 25, 1 Schwarz.—
II. Meton.
A. At different places or points, on different sides: aggredi, Liv. 44, 41, 7: carptim Poeni pugnavere, id. 22, 16, 2: superesse, Suet. Dom. 9.—
B. Opp. to that which happens at once, at different times, at one time and another, now and then: ut ad stipendium petendum convenirent Carthaginem, seu carptim partes, seu universi mallent, Liv. 28, 25, 10: dimissi carptim ac singuli, Tac. H. 4, 46: si (corvi) carptim vocem resorbebunt, at intervals, Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin -tim Latin carptim From carpō + -tim.

Quick answers

What does carptim mean in Latin?
carptim, a adverb, means “by pieces, in parts, piecemeal, separately; at different places or points, on different sides; at different times, from time to time, now and then”.
How do you pronounce carptim?
In classical Latin, [ˈkarp.tĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkarp.tim].