adverb
partim
partim (not comparable)
Classical[ˈpar.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpar.tim]
Meaning
- not comparablepartly, in part, a part, some of, some
[…]: mulis strata detrahi iubet binisque tantum centunculis relictis agasones partim captivis, partim aegrorum armis ornatos imponit.
[…] : he orders the mules to be stripped off their saddles and, leaving them only some two small pieces of patchwork to be sat on, be mounted with their muleteers carrying weapons taken from either the prisoners or the sick.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.14 - not comparablefor the most part, chiefly, principally
- Late Latinnot comparablesometimes
partim, v. pars
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
partim adv.
acc. of pars, partly, in part : animus partim uxoris misericordiā Devinctus, partim victus, T.: non timore aliquo, sed partim dolore, partim verecundiā: partim quod timeret, partim quod, etc., Cs.—Esp., in place of any case of pars, a part, some : corpora partim Multa virum terrae infodiunt, avectaque partim Finitimos tollunt in agros, V.: bestiarum terrenae sunt aliae, partim aquatiles, aliae quasi ancipites: castra hostium invadunt, semisomnos partim, alios arma sumentes fugant, S.: Bruttios Apulosque, partim Samnitium defecisse ad Poenos, L.: eorum autem, quae obiecta sunt mihi, partim ea sunt, etc., L.: e quibus partim tecum fuerunt, partim, etc.
Origins
Adverbial accusative of pars, see -tim; the form of the noun used for the accusative singular is more typically partem.