LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

interim

interim (not comparable)
Classical[ˈɪn.tɛ.rĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.te.rim]
№ 693 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. not comparablemeanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim
  2. not comparablepost Augustanfor a while
  3. not comparablepost Augustansometimes

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

dum aliud fit; hōc mediō tempore.
interim adv. — in Mille Verba, Tempus et Numerī

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Interea · Interim

Interea refers to a business of some duration, which takes place in a space of time, as in the mean time; interim, to a momentary business, as in the midst of this. They have the same relation to each other, as a point of time to a space of time. Cic. Quint. 6. Hæc dum Romæ geruntur . . . Quintius interea de agro detruditur; that is, gradually; comp. with Fam. x. 12. Interim ad me venit Manutius noster. Tac. Ann. xi. 32. Non rumor interea, sed undique nuntii incedunt . . . Atque interim Ostiensem viam intrat. (iv. 271.)

intĕrim, adv. inter and old acc. of is.
I. I.q. interea, meanwhile, in the meantime: ibo intro: tu hic ante aedes interim speculare, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 28: interim dum ante ostium sto, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 3: hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse, Cic. de Or. 2, 86: quo fugit interim dolor ille? Quint. 11, 1, 54; 1, 12, 6.—
B. For a time, for a while (post-Aug.): ut uno interim contenti simus exemplo C. Gracchi, for the moment, Quint. 1, 10, 27: interim admonere illud satis est, id. 2, 4, 3; 3, 8, 5.—
C. (Cf. interea.) However, nevertheless: interim velim mihi ignescas, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3: quod alias vitiosum, interim alias rectum est, Quint. 1, 5, 29; 2, 12, 2 al.—
II. I. q. nonnumquam, sometimes (post-Aug.): Latinis quidem semper, sed etiam Graecis interim, Quint. 2, 1, 1; so, opp. semper, Sen. de Ira, 2, 21, 8: laturi sententiam indocti saepius atque interim rustici, Quint. 12, 10, 53; 11, 3, 51; with nonnumquam, id. 4, 5, 20: interim ... interim, sometimes ... sometimes, at one time ... at another, Quint. 5, 10, 34; 6, 3, 59; 9, 2, 100; Plin. Ep. 10, 27: interim ... mox, Tac. A. 14, 41 Dräger.

Origins

From inter + im, archaic adverb from the stem of the pronoun is (“that, this”).

Descendants
  • Sardinianinteri
  • Sardinianinteris
  • Catalaninterim
  • Englishinterim
  • GermanInterim
  • Italianinterim
  • Italianinterino
  • Portugueseínterim
  • Portugueseinterino
  • Spanishinterín

Quick answers

What does interim mean in Latin?
interim, a adverb, means “meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim; for a while; sometimes”.
How do you pronounce interim?
In classical Latin, [ˈɪn.tɛ.rĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈin.te.rim].