adverb
ōstiātim
ōstiātim (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparablefrom door to door
Ūnō imperiō ōstiātim tōtum oppidum compīlāvit.
He plundered the whole city, house by house, by one command.
ostĭātim, adv. id..
I. Lit., from door to door, from house to house (class.):
ostiatim oppidum compilare, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: agere crimen, to enumerate the several houses where a crime was perpetrated, id. ib. 2, 4, 22, § 48: nec scrutanda singula et velut ostiatim pulsanda, Quint. 5, 10, 112.—II. Transf., by particulars or details (post-class.): quicumque ostiatim cupit noscere (wishes to know the particulars), legat, Vop. Carin. 17.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ōstiātim adv.
ostium, from door to door, from house to house: oppidum compilare: crimina agere, to describe in detail.
Origins
From ōstium (“door”) + -ātim.