adverb
catervātim
catervātim (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparablein companies, in troops
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
turbā dēnsā, gregātimcatervātim — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 8
turmātim, gregātimcatervātim — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 20
cătervātim, adv. id.,
I. in companies, in troops, Lucr. 6, 1144; Verg. G. 3, 556; Sall. J. 97, 4; Liv. 23, 27, 5; 44, 41, 8; Col. 3, 19, 3; Plin. 10, 24, 35, § 72.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
catervātim adv.
caterva, in companies, by troops: dare stragem, V.: incurrere, in disorderly squads, S.: currere, L.
Origins
From caterva (“crowd”) + -ātim.