adverb
urceātim
urceātim (not comparable)
Classical[ʊr.keˈaː.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[ur.t͡ʃeˈaː.tim]
Meaning
- not comparablein buckets, in pailfuls (about rain)
urceātim pluēbat
it was pouring with rain, it was bucketing down
urcĕātim, adv. urceus,
I. with pitchers: Jovem aquam exorabant: itaque statim urceatim pluebat, i. e. in pailfuls (as we say), Petr. 44.
Origins
From urceus (“pitcher, water pot, jug”) + -ātim.