adverb
centuriātim
centuriātim (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparableby centuries or companies
- figurativelynot comparablein masses or crowds
centŭrĭātim, adv. id..
I. By companies or centuries, Caes. B. C. 1, 76 Oud. N. cr.:
centuriatim citare populum, Liv. 6, 20, 10: tributim et centuriatim descriptis ordinibus, Cic. Fl. 7, 15.—* II. Trop., in masses or crowds, by hundreds, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 18, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 153 Rib.).
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
centuriātim adv.
centuria, by companies: iurare, Cs.—By centuries, in centuries: citare populum, L.: descriptis ordinibus.
Origins
From centuria (“century, company”) + -ātim.