capreolatim

Latin

Etymology

From capreolus (“roebuck”, referring by metonymy to the twisting shape of its horns) +‎ -ātim.

Adverb

capreolatim (not comparable)

1. in a winding or twisting manner

References

• “capreolatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capreolatim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.