statim

Latin

Alternative forms

• stat

Etymology

stō (“to stand”) +‎ -tim (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tim/, [ˈs̠t̪ät̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tim/, [ˈst̪äːt̪im]

Adverb

statim (not comparable)

1. stably, in a constant manner
2. at once, immediately

   Synonyms: cōnfestim, continuō, extemplō, īlicō, prōtinus

   • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.2:

     perdomita Britannia et statim omissa

     Britain was thoroughly subdued and immediately abandoned

3. then (at that time)

Descendants

• → English: stat

References

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