LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

tractim

tractim (not comparable)
Classical[ˈtrak.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtrak.tim]

Meaning

  1. not comparablepoeticlittle by little, by degrees; at length, slowly

tractim, adv. tractus,
I. by drawing along, i. e. little by little, by degress; in a drawling way, at length, slowly (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 418 Vahl.): quid, si ego illum tractim tangam, ut dormiat? i. e. should stroke him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 157: ire, Lucr. 3, 530; 6, 118: susurrant, Verg. G. 4, 260; so, sonat jucundo hiatu, Gell. 7, 20, 3: tractim pronuntiata littera i, i. e. pronounced long, id. 4, 6, 6; cf. also, dicere (opp. festinanter), slowly, Sen. Ep. 40, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintractim

Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin -tim Latin tractim From trahō (“drag”) + -tim.

Quick answers

What does tractim mean in Latin?
tractim, a adverb, means “little by little, by degrees; at length, slowly”.
How do you pronounce tractim?
In classical Latin, [ˈtrak.tĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtrak.tim].
Where does tractim come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? → Latin tractim.