adverb
minūtātim
minūtātim (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparablelittle by little, piecemeal
- not comparablegradually
- not comparablesingly, one by one
mĭnūtātim, adv. id.,
I. piecemeal, in little bits; piece by piece, little by little; gradually, by degrees; singly, one by one (class.):
nasturtium consectum minutatim, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 6: cribrare terram, to sift small, Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 76: interrogare, i. e. in little questions, by bits, always adding something, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92: aliquid addere, id. ib. 2, 16, 49: assuefaciant, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2: discere, Lucr. 5, 1384: se recipere, Auct. B. Afr. 31: cedere, id. ib. 78: singulos convenire, one by one, Dig. 2, 15, 8, § 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
minūtātim adv.
minutus, piecemeal, little by little, gradually : aliquid additur: Ossa morbo conlapsa, V.: interrogare.
Origins
From minūtum (“small, minute, dimished”) + -ātim. Compare Pre- and Post-Classical Latin minūtim.