pedetemptim

Latin

FWOTD – 12 September 2018

Etymology

From pes (“foot”) +‎ tendō (“stretch out, extend”) +‎ -tim.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈtemp.tim/, [pɛd̪ɛˈt̪ɛmpt̪ɪ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈtemp.tim/, [ped̪eˈt̪ɛmpt̪im]

Adverb

pedetemptim (comparative pedetemptius, superlative pedetemptissimē)

gradually, cautiously, step-by-step
- 3rd–2nd century BCE, Cato the Elder:
  Eam ego viam pedetemptim temptabam.
  I myself was cautiously attempting this path.
Synonyms: paulātim, gradātim

Alternative forms

pedetentim

References

“pedetemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pedetemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pedetemptim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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