certatim

Latin

Etymology

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Latin certō

Latin -tim

Latin certātim

From certō (“contend, strive”) + -tim (“adverbial marker”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛrˈtaː.tĩː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃerˈtaː.tim]

Adverb

certātim (not comparable)

1. earnestly, eagerly
   • 70 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Catalepton 9.22:

     certātim ōrnābant omnēs hērōida dīvī

     eagerly all the divine ones were adorning the heroine.

2. with rivalry, in competition

References

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