adverb
turmātim
turmātim (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparableby squadrons, troops or turma
turmātim, adv. id..
I. Lit., by troops or squadrons:
equites se turmatim explicare coeperunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 93: nostri turmatim in eum devenerunt, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18: vagantibus circa moenia turmatim barbaris, Liv. 5, 39, 5: abire, id. 28, 13, 9 al.—II. Transf., in gen., in troops, in bands:
corpora turmatim certantia, Lucr. 2, 118.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
turmātim adv.
turma, by troops, in squadrons : equites se turmatim explicare, Cs.: Mauros invadunt, S.: vagantibus turmatim barbaris, L.
Origins
From turma (“troop”) + -ātim.