adverb
obiter
obiter (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparableon the way
- not comparableincidentally
ŏb-ĭter,
I. adv., on the way, in going or passing along (except in Laber., not anteAug.; cf. Charis. 187 P. Augustus found fault with Tiberius for using per viam instead of obiter, Charis. l. l.).
I. Lit.:
obiter leget aut scribet, on the way, Juv. 3, 241: rotae, quas aqua verset obiter et molat, as it flows along, Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97; cf. id. 33, 4, 21, § 74; 29, 3, 11, § 48; 11, 37, 55, § 148.—II. Transf.
A. By the way, in passing, incidentally:
interrogo ego: Quot estis? obiterque per rimam speculari coepit, Petr. 92: faciem linit, Juv. 6, 481: ne in hoc quidem tam molesto tacebant officio, sed obiter cantabant, Petr. 31: saevire, Sen. Ira, 3, 1, 3: licet obiter vanitatem magicam hic quoque coarguere, Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118: dictum sit, id. 29, 5, 30, § 96; 29, 1, 9, § 29; Dig. 18, 5, 1 fin.—B. Forthwith, straightway, immediately (very rare): ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ inibi, obiter, Gloss. Philox.:
reducant, App. M. 6, p. 183, 35: ut obiter revertantur, Auct. Quint. Decl. 10, 16 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ob-iter adv.,
on the way, while travelling: leget aut scribet, Iu.—Meanwhile, incidentally: Verberat atque obiter faciem linit (i. e. inter verberandum), Iu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Latin iter Latin obiter From ob- + iter.
In English words that came into English from obiter
- obiterobiter