interdum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-m

Proto-Italic *dūm

Latin dum

Latin interdum

From inter + dum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtɛr.dũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈtɛr.dum]

Adverb

interdum (not comparable)

1. sometimes

   Synonyms: aliquando, nōnnumquam

2. occasionally

References

• “interdum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interdum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "interdum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “interdum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.