adverb
cotīdiē
cotīdiē (not comparable)
Classical[kɔˈtiː.di.eː]Ecclesiastical[koˈtiː.di.e]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- not comparableDaily, every day.
Interim cotidie Caesar Haeduos frumentum, quod essent publice polliciti, flagitare.
Meanwhile, Caesar kept daily importuning the Aedui for the corn which they had promised in the name of their state.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.16Quī etiam addiscunt aliquid? Ut et Solōnem versibus glōriantem vidēmus quī sē cotīdiē aliquid addiscentem dīcit senem fierī.
What of those [elderly people] who even continue to learn something new? For we see it in Solon, boasting in poetry that he himself is learning something new every day, he says, as he grows older.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior De Senectute 26
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
omnī diē; quod cotīdiē fit, semper fit.cotīdiē adv. — in Mille Verba, Tempus et Numerī
every day
cotīdiē — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 5, 10, 13
daily
cotīdiē — in Seneca, ch. XV
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Quotidie · In singulos dies
Quotidie applies to things that are daily repeated; whereas in singulos dies, to things that, from day to day, are making an advance. Cic. Att. v. 7. Quotidie vel potius in singulos dies breviores literas ad te mitto. Fam. vi. 4. Catil. i. 2.
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- res ipsa, usus rerum (cotidie) docet
- everyday experience tells us this.
Origins
Equivalent to quot (“how many”) + diēs (“day”); some details are unclear. Per De Vaan, the -ī- is by analogy with postrīdiē. The spelling with -tt- appears to be attested earlier in inscriptions, although there is no obvious explanation for the etymological origin of the geminate.