LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

cautim

cautim (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkau̯.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaːu̯.tim]

Meaning

  1. not comparablerarecautiously, carefully, warily
    sed, haec utut sunt, cautim et paulatim dabis si sapies.2001 translation by John Barsby But, however that may be, if you’ve any sense, you’ll pay up carefully and a little at a time.163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 870–871
    Nonius, 521, 14: ‘Cautim’ pro cautec. 140 BCE – 104 BCE, Accius, Tragoediae 548

cautim, adv. cautus, caveo,
I. cautiously, warily, = caute, perh. only Non. p. 512, 11 and 12; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 29.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kowh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kaweō
  4. Latincautim

Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin -tim Latin cautim From caveō + -tim.

Quick answers

What does cautim mean in Latin?
cautim, a adverb, means “cautiously, carefully, warily”.
How do you pronounce cautim?
In classical Latin, [ˈkau̯.tĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkaːu̯.tim].
Where does cautim come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *(s)kowh₁éyeti → Proto-Italic *kaweō → Latin cautim.