affatim

Latin

Etymology

From some unattested *fatis (weariness). Connected with famēs, fatīscō, fatīgō, fessus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.fa.tim/, [ˈäfːät̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.fa.tim/, [ˈäfːät̪im]

Adverb

affatim (not comparable)

1. sufficiently, amply, enough
2. incessantly, urgently, to satiety or fatigue

References

• “affatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• affatim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 239