adverb
offātim
offātim (not comparable)
Classical[ɔfˈfaː.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[ofˈfaː.tim]
Meaning
- not comparablein or to pieces
jam hercle ego tē hīc hāc (machaerā) offātim conficiam.
Here and now, by Hercules, will I hew you to pieces with this (sword)!c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 2,7,52
offātim, adv. id.,
I. in bits, by bits or little pieces (ante- and post-class.):
jam hercle ego te hic hac (machaerā) offatim conficiam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52; Isid. Orig. 20, 2.Origins
From offa + -ātim.