LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

gradātim

gradātim (not comparable)
Classical[ɡraˈdaː.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[ɡraˈdaː.tim]

Meaning

  1. not comparablestep by step, gradually
    Altera rursus jam a principio constituat generalia quædam abstracta et inutilia; altera gradatim exurgat a dea quæ reverà naturæ sunt notiora.1818, Washington Irving, The Analectic Magazine: Volume XI, page 397:

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Paulatim · Sensim · Gradatim · Pedetentim

Paulatim and sensim represent gradual motion under the image of an imperceptible progress; paulatim, by little and little, in opp. to semel, at once, Sen. Q. N. ii. 8. Cœl. Aurel. Acut. ii. 37; sensim, (ἀνεσίμως) imperceptibly in opp. to repente; Cic. Off. i. 33. Suet. Tib. 11;—whereas gradatim and pedetentim, under the image of a self-conscious progress; gradatim, step by step, like βάδην, in opp. to cursim, saltuatim, etc.; whereas pedetentim denotes at a foot’s pace, in opp. to curru, equo, volatu, velis. (iii. 97.)

grădātim, adv. id.,
I. step by step, by degrees, little by little, gradually (class.; syn.: sensim, paulatim, pedetentim): nihil ita pedetentim et gradatim tum accessus a te ad causam facti, tum recessus, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7: gradatim ascendere, id. de Or. 3, 61, 227; cf. id. Part. 15, 54: quid opus erat te gradatim istuc pervenire? Sumpsisses tuo jure. Quid autem est istuc gradatim? id. N. D. 1, 32, 89; cf.: gradatim respondens, id. Tusc. 1, 24, 57: ad pauciores deducere, id. ib. 2, 65, 164: cum gradatim sursum versus reditur, id. Or. 39, 135: captiosissimo genere interrogationis utuntur, cum aliquid minutatim et gradatim additur aut demitur, id. Ac. 2, 16, 49; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 76: quos non una ut dicitur pertica, sed distincte gradatimque tractavi, Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8; Gell. 14, 7, 9: amicos habere, by gradations, i. e. of different grades, Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 2.

Origins

From gradus (“step”) + -ātim.

Descendants
  • Englishgradatim

Quick answers

What does gradātim mean in Latin?
gradātim, a adverb, means “step by step, gradually”.
How do you pronounce gradātim?
In classical Latin, [ɡraˈdaː.tĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ɡraˈdaː.tim].