adverb
tardē
tardē (comparative tardius, superlative tardissimē)
Meaning
- slowly
- tardily
- late
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
lentē, nōn celeritertardē — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 6
tardē, adv., v. tardus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tardē adv. with comp. and sup.
tardus, slowly, tardily : navigare: crescens oliva, V.: tardius iter fecit: tardissime iudicatur.— Late, not in time, after the time, not early : qui eam (patriam) nimium tarde concidere maererent.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂-d-o-
- Proto-Italic*tardo-
- Latintardē
Latin -ē Latin tardē From tardus + -ē.
Descendants
- Catalantard
- Frenchtard
- Italiantardi
- Occitantard
- Portuguesetardefrom Old Galician-Portuguese tarde
- Spanishtardefrom Old Spanish tarde
- Spanishtardfrom Old Spanish tarde
- Spanishtadrefrom Old Spanish tarde
- Romaniantârziu
- Sardiniantardu