stillatim
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [stiːlˈlaː.tĩː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [st̪ilˈlaː.t̪im]
Adverb
stīllātim (not comparable)
- dropwise, drop by drop
- 1429, Meteororum Liber:
- Stillatimque cadit fluitans cursumque secundat.
- And drop by drop it falls, flowing, and adjusts its course.
Related terms
References
- “stillatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press