adverb
pūnctim
pūnctim (not comparable)
Classical[ˈpuːŋk.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuŋk.tim]
Meaning
- not comparablewith the point
punctim, adv. pungo,
I. with the point (opp. caesim, with the edge):
Hispano punctim magis quam caesim assueto petere hostem, Liv. 22, 46; so opp. caesim, Veg. Mil. 1, 12; Pacat. Pan. Th. 36.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
punctim adv.
pungo, with the point : petere hostem, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin -tim Latin pūnctim From pungō (“to sting”) + -tim.