LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

membrātim

membrātim (not comparable)
Classical[mɛmˈbraː.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[memˈbraː.tim]

Meaning

  1. not comparablelimb by limb
  2. not comparablebit by bit, piecemeal
  3. not comparablelayer by layer

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

membrātim, adv. membrum,
I. by limbs or members, in the limbs, limb by limb, from member to member.
I. Lit.: membratim vitalem deperdere sensum, Lucr. 3, 527: nunc peractis malis, quae membratim sentiuntur, dicemus de his, quae totis corporibus grassantur, in single limbs, Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107: caedere, in pieces, id. 9, 15, 18, § 48.—
II. Transf., piecemeal, singly, severally.
A. In gen.: membratim enumerare, Varr. R. R. 1, 22; cf.: animalium naturae generatim membratimque ita se habent, Plin. 12 praef. § 1: gestum negotium, Cic. Part. 35, 121.—
B. In partic., of speech, in little clauses, in short sentences: dicere, Cic. Or. 63, 212; 67, 223; cf.: membratim caesimque dicere, Quint. 9, 4, 126: narrare, id. 9, 4, 127.

Origins

From membr(um) (“limb”) + -ātim.

Quick answers

What does membrātim mean in Latin?
membrātim, a adverb, means “limb by limb; bit by bit, piecemeal; layer by layer”.
How do you pronounce membrātim?
In classical Latin, [mɛmˈbraː.tĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [memˈbraː.tim].