adverb
prīscē
prīscē (comparative prīscius, superlative prīscissimē)
Meaning
- in an old-fashioned manner, in the style of the ancients
Sed tamen ex ipsa quaeram prius utrum me secum severe et graviter et prisce agere malit an remisse et leniter et urbane.
But still, first I'll ask from her whether she'd prefer me to act sternly and harshly and in an old-fashioned way towards her, or [to act] calmly and gently and urbanely.56 BCE, Cicero, Pro Caelio 33
priscē, adv., v. 1. priscus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prīscē adv.
1 priscus, in ancient style, summarily : agere.
Origins
From prīscus (“ancient, former, old-fashioned”).